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| -rw-r--r-- | src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs index c336ec13479..7437c87a257 100644 --- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs +++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs @@ -831,6 +831,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> { self.probe(|_| coerce.coerce(source, target)).is_ok() } + /// Given a type and a target type, this function will calculate and return + /// how many dereference steps needed to achieve `expr_ty <: target`. If + /// it's not possible, return `None`. pub fn deref_steps(&self, expr_ty: Ty<'tcx>, target: Ty<'tcx>) -> Option<usize> { let cause = self.cause(rustc_span::DUMMY_SP, ObligationCauseCode::ExprAssignable); // We don't ever need two-phase here since we throw out the result of the coercion |