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FP the method cannot be invoked on a trait object because its `Self: Sized` bound is not satisfied
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The following code
trait Helper<'a>: Iterator<Item = [(); {
|found: &String| Some(false);
4
}]> {}
fn x(w: &mut dyn for<'a> Helper<'a>) {
w.collect::<Vec<_>>().is_empty();
}
comiled with rustc (cargo check):
Checking _f v0.1.0 (/tmp/icemaker_global_tempdir.2nGU9P3aOWON/rustc_testrunner_tmpdir.XbADcwrVeD1b/_f)
warning: unused variable: `found`
--> src/lib.rs:2:17
|
2 | |found: &String| Some(false);
| ^^^^^ help: if this is intentional, prefix it with an underscore: `_found`
|
= note: `#[warn(unused_variables)]` (part of `#[warn(unused)]`) on by default
warning: trait `Helper` is never used
--> src/lib.rs:1:7
|
1 | trait Helper<'a>: Iterator<Item = [(); {
| ^^^^^^
|
= note: `#[warn(dead_code)]` (part of `#[warn(unused)]`) on by default
warning: function `x` is never used
--> src/lib.rs:6:4
|
6 | fn x(w: &mut dyn for<'a> Helper<'a>) {
| ^
warning: unused closure that must be used
--> src/lib.rs:2:16
|
2 | |found: &String| Some(false);
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
= note: closures are lazy and do nothing unless called
= note: `#[warn(unused_must_use)]` (part of `#[warn(unused)]`) on by default
warning: `_f` (lib) generated 4 warnings (run `cargo fix --lib -p _f` to apply 1 suggestion)
Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.10s
but errors were issued by rust-analyzer diagnostics
at crate _f, file /tmp/icemaker_global_tempdir.2nGU9P3aOWON/rustc_testrunner_tmpdir.XbADcwrVeD1b/_f/src/lib.rs: Error RustcHardError("E0277") from LineCol { line: 6, col: 4 } to LineCol { line: 6, col: 25 }: the method cannot be invoked on a trait object because its `Self: Sized` bound is not satisfied
at crate _f, file /tmp/icemaker_global_tempdir.2nGU9P3aOWON/rustc_testrunner_tmpdir.XbADcwrVeD1b/_f/src/lib.rs: Error RustcHardError("E0282") from LineCol { line: 6, col: 20 } to LineCol { line: 6, col: 21 }: type annotations needed
full type: `Vec<{unknown}, Global>`
diagnostic scan complete
Error: diagnostic error detected
Stack backtrace:
0: <anyhow::Error>::msg::<&str>
at /home/matthias/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/anyhow-1.0.102/src/backtrace.rs:10:14
1: anyhow::__private::format_err
at /home/matthias/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/anyhow-1.0.102/src/lib.rs:687:13
2: <rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run_
at /home/matthias/vcs/github/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/diagnostics.rs:123:13
3: <rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}
at /home/matthias/vcs/github/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/diagnostics.rs:20:29
4: <stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn::<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}
at /home/matthias/vcs/github/rust-analyzer/crates/stdx/src/thread.rs:74:13
5: std::sys::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/sys/backtrace.rs:166:18
6: std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked::<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/thread/lifecycle.rs:70:13
7: <core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}> as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/core/src/panic/unwind_safe.rs:275:9
8: std::panicking::catch_unwind::do_call::<core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}>, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/panicking.rs:576:43
9: std::panicking::catch_unwind::<core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>, core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}>>
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/panicking.rs:544:19
10: std::panic::catch_unwind::<core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}>, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/panic.rs:359:14
11: std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked::<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/thread/lifecycle.rs:68:26
12: <std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1} as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once::{shim:vtable#0}
at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/core/src/ops/function.rs:250:5
13: <alloc::boxed::Box<dyn core::ops::function::FnOnce<(), Output = ()> + core::marker::Send> as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
at /rustc/34baba5394fcbda4cba7b7c1964a6db421c77c91/library/alloc/src/boxed.rs:2320:9
14: <std::sys::thread::unix::Thread>::new::thread_start
at /rustc/34baba5394fcbda4cba7b7c1964a6db421c77c91/library/std/src/sys/thread/unix.rs:123:17
15: <unknown>
16: <unknown>
version information
rust-analyzer 0.0.0 (4bd323d51e 2026-08-17)
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