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                                我正在学习/试验Rust,在我发现这门语言的所有优雅之处中,有一个特点让我困惑,似乎完全不合适。
Rust在进行方法调用时自动解除对指针的引用。我做了一些测试来确定准确的行为:
struct X { val: i32 }
impl std::ops::Deref for X {
type Target = i32;
fn deref(&self) -> &i32 { &self.val }
}
trait M { fn m(self); }
impl M for i32   { fn m(self) { println!("i32::m()");  } }
impl M for X     { fn m(self) { println!("X::m()");    } }
impl M for &X    { fn m(self) { println!("&X::m()");   } }
impl M for &&X   { fn m(self) { println!("&&X::m()");  } }
impl M for &&&X  { fn m(self) { println!("&&&X::m()"); } }
trait RefM { fn refm(&self); }
impl RefM for i32  { fn refm(&self) { println!("i32::refm()");  } }
impl RefM for X    { fn refm(&self) { println!("X::refm()");    } }
impl RefM for &X   { fn refm(&self) { println!("&X::refm()");   } }
impl RefM for &&X  { fn refm(&self) { println!("&&X::refm()");  } }
impl RefM for &&&X { fn refm(&self) { println!("&&&X::refm()"); } }
struct Y { val: i32 }
impl std::ops::Deref for Y {
type Target = i32;
fn deref(&self) -> &i32 { &self.val }
}
struct Z { val: Y }
impl std::ops::Deref for Z {
type Target = Y;
fn deref(&self) -> &Y { &self.val }
}
#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct A;
impl M for    A { fn m(self) { println!("A::m()");    } }
impl M for &&&A { fn m(self) { println!("&&&A::m()"); } }
impl RefM for    A { fn refm(&self) { println!("A::refm()");    } }
impl RefM for &&&A { fn refm(&self) { println!("&&&A::refm()"); } }
fn main() {
// I'll use @ to denote left side of the dot operator
(*X{val:42}).m();        // i32::m()    , Self == @
X{val:42}.m();           // X::m()      , Self == @
(&X{val:42}).m();        // &X::m()     , Self == @
(&&X{val:42}).m();       // &&X::m()    , Self == @
(&&&X{val:42}).m();      // &&&X:m()    , Self == @
(&&&&X{val:42}).m();     // &&&X::m()   , Self == *@
(&&&&&X{val:42}).m();    // &&&X::m()   , Self == **@
println!("-------------------------");
(*X{val:42}).refm();     // i32::refm() , Self == @
X{val:42}.refm();        // X::refm()   , Self == @
(&X{val:42}).refm();     // X::refm()   , Self == *@
(&&X{val:42}).refm();    // &X::refm()  , Self == *@
(&&&X{val:42}).refm();   // &&X::refm() , Self == *@
(&&&&X{val:42}).refm();  // &&&X::refm(), Self == *@
(&&&&&X{val:42}).refm(); // &&&X::refm(), Self == **@
println!("-------------------------");
Y{val:42}.refm();        // i32::refm() , Self == *@
Z{val:Y{val:42}}.refm(); // i32::refm() , Self == **@
println!("-------------------------");
A.m();                   // A::m()      , Self == @
// without the Copy trait, (&A).m() would be a compilation error:
// cannot move out of borrowed content
(&A).m();                // A::m()      , Self == *@
(&&A).m();               // &&&A::m()   , Self == &@
(&&&A).m();              // &&&A::m()   , Self == @
A.refm();                // A::refm()   , Self == @
(&A).refm();             // A::refm()   , Self == *@
(&&A).refm();            // A::refm()   , Self == **@
(&&&A).refm();           // &&&A::refm(), Self == @
}
(操场上)
所以,看起来,或多或少:
&self(引用调用)声明的方法时:
self的单个解引用self的确切类型self(按值调用)为T类型声明的方法的行为就像使用&self(按引用调用)为&T类型声明的方法一样,并在点操作符左侧的引用上调用。Deref特征的重载。确切的自动解引用规则是什么?有人能给出这样一个设计决策的正式理由吗?
 
                                
                             
                                
                            