Tracking Issue for `Box::take`
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Description
Feature gate: #![feature(box_take)]
This is a tracking issue for Box::take, which adds the ability to move the value out of a Box without consuming its allocation.
Public API
impl<T> Box<T> {
pub fn take(boxed: Box<T>) -> (T, Box<MaybeUninit<T>>);
}
Steps / History
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- ACP: https://github.com/rust-lang/libs-team/issues/663
- Implementation: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/147227
- Final comment period (FCP)^1
- Stabilization PR: #160436
Unresolved Questions
Istakethe right name? https://github.com/rust-lang/libs-team/issues/663#issuecomment-3344324158
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Box::take API and the implementation PR #147227, then review stabilization PR #160436 and the linked ACP. The issue's checklist indicates that final comment period and stabilization remain; done means the unresolved lifecycle steps are completed and the checklist is updated.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100