trait upcasting doesn't handle duplicate projection bounds
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Description
trait Super<T> {
type Assoc;
}
trait Trait<T, U>: Super<T, Assoc = T> + Super<U, Assoc = U> {}
fn compiles(x: Box<dyn Trait<u32, i32>>) -> Box<dyn Super<u32, Assoc = u32>> {
x
}
fn does_not(x: Box<dyn Trait<u32, u32>>) -> Box<dyn Super<u32, Assoc = u32>> {
x // ERROR mismatched types
}
both of these should work or the second one should at least fail with an ambiguity error. It's really weird that we just hard reject this
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Research direction
Start by compiling the provided Rust example and compare the successful and failing trait-upcast cases. Trace the compiler's trait upcasting and duplicate projection-bound handling; done means the second case either upcasts successfully or reports an explicit ambiguity error instead of a type mismatch.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
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