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minus-squareFlipper@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 days agoDeref is for smart pointers and not for inheritance.
minus-squarePhoenix3875@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 day agoLet me introduce you to this horror story: Deref Polymorphism https://rust-unofficial.github.io/patterns/anti_patterns/deref.html
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThe windows crate is full of Deref. Because the windows API is full of inheritance. It may not be what the trait was thought of for, but I’m glad we have it to interface with APIs that have actual inheritance.
Deref is for smart pointers and not for inheritance.
Let me introduce you to this horror story: Deref Polymorphism https://rust-unofficial.github.io/patterns/anti_patterns/deref.html
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windowscrate is full of Deref. Because the windows API is full of inheritance.It may not be what the trait was thought of for, but I’m glad we have it to interface with APIs that have actual inheritance.
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