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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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