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Document why Any is not an unsafe trait

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Mark Rousskov 2019-12-22 07:54:18 -05:00
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@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ use crate::intrinsics;
/// See the [module-level documentation][mod] for more details.
///
/// [mod]: index.html
// This trait is not unsafe, though we rely on the specifics of it's sole impl's
// `type_id` function in unsafe code (e.g., `downcast`). Normally, that would be
// a problem, but because the only impl of `Any` is a blanket implementation, no
// other code can implement `Any`.
//
// We could plausibly make this trait unsafe -- it would not cause breakage,
// since we control all the implementations -- but we choose not to as that's
// both not really necessary and may confuse users about the distinction of
// unsafe traits and unsafe methods (i.e., `type_id` would still be safe to call,
// but we would likely want to indicate as such in documentation).
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
pub trait Any: 'static {
/// Gets the `TypeId` of `self`.