rust-fuzz / rust-fuzz/arbitrary

Arbitrary derive fails with lifetimes in some cases

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Hello! Bear with me as I am new to Arbitrary.

I have this type from juniper:

pub struct Arguments<'a, S> {
    pub items: Vec<(Spanning<&'a str>, Spanning<InputValue<S>>)>,
}

Spanning and InputValue successfully derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary)). When I try to derive on Arguments, I get the following error:

error[E0495]: cannot infer an appropriate lifetime for lifetime parameter `'a` due to conflicting requirements
  --> juniper/src/ast.rs:59:42
   |
59 | #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
   |                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
note: first, the lifetime cannot outlive the lifetime `'a` as defined here...
  --> juniper/src/ast.rs:60:22
   |
60 | pub struct Arguments<'a, S> {
   |                      ^^
note: ...so that the types are compatible
  --> juniper/src/ast.rs:59:42
   |
59 | #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
   |                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   = note: expected `<&'a str as Arbitrary<'_>>`
              found `<&str as Arbitrary<'_>>`
note: but, the lifetime must be valid for the lifetime `'arbitrary` as defined here...
  --> juniper/src/ast.rs:59:42
   |
59 | #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
   |                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
note: ...so that the types are compatible

Manually implenting it works:

impl<'a, S> arbitrary::Arbitrary<'a> for Arguments<'a, S>
where
    S: arbitrary::Arbitrary<'a>,
{
    fn arbitrary(u: &mut arbitrary::Unstructured<'a>) -> arbitrary::Result<Self> {
        let items: Vec<(Spanning<&'a str>, Spanning<InputValue<S>>)> = u.arbitrary()?;
        Ok(Self { items })
    }
}

Even though I am unblocked, I figured I'd file as one would expect the derive to work in this case.

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Reproduce the derive failure using the Arguments definition from juniper/src/ast.rs and inspect the Arbitrary derive implementation for lifetime handling. Add coverage for Arguments<'a, S> and confirm the generated implementation compiles like the manual implementation shown in the issue.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
testing-qa
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
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