metatype

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Helper methods to determine whether a type is TraitObject, Slice or Concrete, and work with them respectively.

Examples

```rust asserteq!(usize::METATYPE, MetaType::Concrete); asserteq!(any::Any::METATYPE, MetaType::TraitObject); assert_eq!(<[u8]>::METATYPE, MetaType::Slice);

let a: Box = Box::new(123); asserteq!((&*a).metatype(), MetaType::Concrete); let a: Box = a; asserteq!((&*a).metatype(), MetaType::TraitObject);

let a = [123,456]; asserteq!(a.metatype(), MetaType::Concrete); let a: &[i32] = &a; asserteq!(a.metatype(), MetaType::Slice);

let a: Box = Box::new(123); // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/50318 // let meta: TraitObject = (&*a).meta(); // println!("vtable: {:?}", meta.vtable); ```

Note

This currently requires Rust nightly for the raw and specialization features.

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE.txt or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT.txt or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

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