Trait sp_std::ops::DerefMut

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pub trait DerefMut: Deref {
    // Required method
    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target;
}
Expand description

Used for mutable dereferencing operations, like in *v = 1;.

In addition to being used for explicit dereferencing operations with the (unary) * operator in mutable contexts, DerefMut is also used implicitly by the compiler in many circumstances. This mechanism is called “mutable deref coercion”. In immutable contexts, Deref is used.

Warning: Deref coercion is a powerful language feature which has far-reaching implications for every type that implements DerefMut. The compiler will silently insert calls to DerefMut::deref_mut. For this reason, one should be careful about implementing DerefMut and only do so when mutable deref coercion is desirable. See the Deref docs for advice on when this is typically desirable or undesirable.

Types that implement DerefMut or Deref are often called “smart pointers” and the mechanism of deref coercion has been specifically designed to facilitate the pointer-like behaviour that name suggests. Often, the purpose of a “smart pointer” type is to change the ownership semantics of a contained value (for example, Rc or Cow) or the storage semantics of a contained value (for example, Box).

§Mutable deref coercion

If T implements DerefMut<Target = U>, and v is a value of type T, then:

  • In mutable contexts, *v (where T is neither a reference nor a raw pointer) is equivalent to *DerefMut::deref_mut(&mut v).
  • Values of type &mut T are coerced to values of type &mut U
  • T implicitly implements all the (mutable) methods of the type U.

For more details, visit the chapter in The Rust Programming Language as well as the reference sections on the dereference operator, method resolution and type coercions.

§Fallibility

This trait’s method should never unexpectedly fail. Deref coercion means the compiler will often insert calls to DerefMut::deref_mut implicitly. Failure during dereferencing can be extremely confusing when DerefMut is invoked implicitly. In the majority of uses it should be infallible, though it may be acceptable to panic if the type is misused through programmer error, for example.

However, infallibility is not enforced and therefore not guaranteed. As such, unsafe code should not rely on infallibility in general for soundness.

§Examples

A struct with a single field which is modifiable by dereferencing the struct.

use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};

struct DerefMutExample<T> {
    value: T
}

impl<T> Deref for DerefMutExample<T> {
    type Target = T;

    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        &self.value
    }
}

impl<T> DerefMut for DerefMutExample<T> {
    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
        &mut self.value
    }
}

let mut x = DerefMutExample { value: 'a' };
*x = 'b';
assert_eq!('b', x.value);

Required Methods§

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fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target

Mutably dereferences the value.

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impl DerefMut for String

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impl DerefMut for OsString

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impl DerefMut for PathBuf

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impl<'a> DerefMut for IoSliceMut<'a>

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impl<'a, 'f> DerefMut for VaList<'a, 'f>
where 'f: 'a,

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impl<Ptr> DerefMut for Pin<Ptr>
where Ptr: DerefMut, <Ptr as Deref>::Target: Unpin,

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impl<T> !DerefMut for &T
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for &mut T
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for ThinBox<T>
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for RefMut<'_, T>
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for ManuallyDrop<T>
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for MappedMutexGuard<'_, T>
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for MappedRwLockWriteGuard<'_, T>
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for MutexGuard<'_, T>
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for RwLockWriteGuard<'_, T>
where T: ?Sized,

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impl<T> DerefMut for AssertUnwindSafe<T>

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impl<T, A> DerefMut for Box<T, A>
where A: Allocator, T: ?Sized,

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impl<T, A> DerefMut for UniqueRc<T, A>
where A: Allocator, T: ?Sized,

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impl<T, A> DerefMut for Vec<T, A>
where A: Allocator,

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impl<T, A> DerefMut for PeekMut<'_, T, A>
where T: Ord, A: Allocator,

impl<K, V, S> DerefMut for AHashMap<K, V, S>

impl<T, S> DerefMut for AHashSet<T, S>

impl<T, A: Allocator> DerefMut for Vec<T, A>

impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator> DerefMut for Box<T, A>

impl DerefMut for Error

impl<T, const CAP: usize> DerefMut for ArrayVec<T, CAP>

impl<const CAP: usize> DerefMut for ArrayString<CAP>

impl<T> DerefMut for SequenceOf<T>

impl<T> DerefMut for SetOf<T>

impl<T, D> DerefMut for FramedRead<T, D>

impl<T, E> DerefMut for FramedWrite<T, E>

impl<T, U> DerefMut for Framed<T, U>

impl<A, O> DerefMut for BitArray<A, O>
where A: BitViewSized, O: BitOrder,

impl<T, O> DerefMut for BitBox<T, O>
where T: BitStore, O: BitOrder,

impl<T, O> DerefMut for BitRef<'_, Mut, T, O>
where T: BitStore, O: BitOrder,

impl<T, O> DerefMut for BitVec<T, O>
where T: BitStore, O: BitOrder,

impl<T: ?Sized + Pointable> DerefMut for Owned<T>

impl<T> DerefMut for CachePadded<T>

impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for ShardedLockWriteGuard<'_, T>

impl<'a, K: Eq + Hash, V, S: BuildHasher> DerefMut for RefMutMulti<'a, K, V, S>

impl<'a, K: Eq + Hash, V, S: BuildHasher> DerefMut for RefMut<'a, K, V, S>

impl<'a, K: Eq + Hash, V, T, S: BuildHasher> DerefMut for MappedRefMut<'a, K, V, T, S>

impl<L, R> DerefMut for Either<L, R>
where L: DerefMut, R: DerefMut<Target = L::Target>,

impl<T> DerefMut for FileGuard<T>
where T: DerefMut<Target = File>,

impl<T: Unpin> DerefMut for BiLockGuard<'_, T>

impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for MutexGuard<'_, T>

impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for OwnedMutexGuard<T>

impl<T: ?Sized, U: ?Sized> DerefMut for MappedMutexGuard<'_, T, U>

impl<T, N> DerefMut for GenericArray<T, N>
where N: ArrayLength<T>,

impl<Context> DerefMut for RpcModule<Context>

impl<'a, R: RawMutex + 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a> DerefMut for MappedMutexGuard<'a, R, T>

impl<'a, R: RawMutex + 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a> DerefMut for MutexGuard<'a, R, T>

impl<'a, R: RawRwLock + 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a> DerefMut for MappedRwLockWriteGuard<'a, R, T>

impl<'a, R: RawRwLock + 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a> DerefMut for RwLockWriteGuard<'a, R, T>

impl DerefMut for MmapMut

impl<T, F: FnOnce() -> T> DerefMut for Lazy<T, F>

impl<T, F: FnOnce() -> T> DerefMut for Lazy<T, F>

impl<T: Float> DerefMut for OrderedFloat<T>

impl<T> DerefMut for CacheAligned<T>

impl<T> DerefMut for MeteredReceiver<T>

impl<T> DerefMut for MeteredSender<T>

impl<'a, T: Send, F: Fn() -> T> DerefMut for PoolGuard<'a, T, F>

impl DerefMut for SafeVec

impl<'a> DerefMut for BorrowedPayload<'a>

impl<Data> DerefMut for ConnectionCommon<Data>

impl<T> DerefMut for ConnectionCommon<T>

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for SharedDataLocked<'a, T>

impl<T, F, S> DerefMut for ScopeGuard<T, F, S>
where F: FnOnce(T), S: Strategy,

impl<T> DerefMut for SendWrapper<T>

impl DerefMut for ByteBuf

impl DerefMut for Bytes

impl<const N: usize> DerefMut for ByteArray<N>

impl<'a, T, C> DerefMut for RefMut<'a, T, C>
where T: Clear + Default, C: Config,

impl<T, C> DerefMut for OwnedRefMut<T, C>
where T: Clear + Default, C: Config,

impl<'a> DerefMut for CNAME<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for HTTPS<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for MB<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for MD<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for MF<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for MG<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for MR<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for NS<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for NSAP_PTR<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for PTR<'a>

impl<'a> DerefMut for X25<'a>

impl<A: Array> DerefMut for SmallVec<A>

impl<'a> DerefMut for MaybeUninitSlice<'a>

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for ApiRef<'a, T>

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>
where T: 'static,

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for WriteGuard<'a, T>

impl<T> DerefMut for Static<T>

impl<T, G> DerefMut for Lazy<T, G>
where G: Generator<T>,

impl<T, G> DerefMut for UnSyncLazy<T, G>
where G: Generator<T>,

impl<C> DerefMut for ReadHalf<C>
where C: Read,

impl<C> DerefMut for WriteHalf<C>
where C: Write,

impl<'s, T> DerefMut for SliceVec<'s, T>

impl<A: Array> DerefMut for TinyVec<A>

impl<A: Array> DerefMut for ArrayVec<A>

impl<'a, T: ?Sized> DerefMut for MappedMutexGuard<'a, T>

impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for MutexGuard<'_, T>

impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for OwnedMutexGuard<T>

impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for RwLockWriteGuard<'_, T>

impl<T: ?Sized, U: ?Sized> DerefMut for OwnedMappedMutexGuard<T, U>

impl<'a, T> DerefMut for Locked<'a, T>

impl<T> DerefMut for Clamped<T>

impl DerefMut for MmapVec

impl<T> DerefMut for FmtList<T>
where for<'a> &'a T: IntoIterator,

impl<T: Binary> DerefMut for FmtBinary<T>

impl<T: Display> DerefMut for FmtDisplay<T>

impl<T: LowerExp> DerefMut for FmtLowerExp<T>

impl<T: LowerHex> DerefMut for FmtLowerHex<T>

impl<T: Octal> DerefMut for FmtOctal<T>

impl<T: Pointer> DerefMut for FmtPointer<T>

impl<T: UpperExp> DerefMut for FmtUpperExp<T>

impl<T: UpperHex> DerefMut for FmtUpperHex<T>

impl<B, T> DerefMut for Ref<B, [T]>

impl<B, T> DerefMut for Ref<B, T>

impl<T: Unaligned> DerefMut for Unalign<T>

impl<Z> DerefMut for Zeroizing<Z>
where Z: Zeroize,