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Confusing error message when passing trait object to generic function #57744
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A-diagnosticsArea: Messages for errors, warnings, and lintsArea: Messages for errors, warnings, and lintsA-suggestion-diagnosticsArea: Suggestions generated by the compiler applied by `cargo fix`Area: Suggestions generated by the compiler applied by `cargo fix`A-trait-systemArea: Trait systemArea: Trait systemD-confusingDiagnostics: Confusing error or lint that should be reworked.Diagnostics: Confusing error or lint that should be reworked.D-newcomer-roadblockDiagnostics: Confusing error or lint; hard to understand for new users.Diagnostics: Confusing error or lint; hard to understand for new users.T-compilerRelevant to the compiler team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.Relevant to the compiler team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.
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This could be the same issue as #23286 but I'm not sure.
The following code gives this error (playground):
There's a couple reasons this is very confusing:
points to the function name not the parameter
w.dyn Writeonly appears behind a reference which means it should be sized.We should show a better error message when you pass a
&dyn Tvalue to a function expecting a generic&Tvalue.cc @munik