特征内的常量表达式?

Const expressions inside trait?

我有这样的特质:

pub trait Buf<const N: usize> {
    fn to_buf(&self) -> [u8; N];
    fn from_buf(buf: [u8; N]) -> Self;
}

但是我想做这样的事情:

trait Buf {
    const N: usize;
    fn to_buf(&self) -> [u8; Self::N];
    fn from_buf(buf: [u8; Self::N]) -> Self;
}

它给我这个错误 (playground):

   |
   |     fn to_buf(&self) -> [u8; Self::N];
   |                              ^^^^^^^ cannot perform const operation using `Self`
   |
   = note: type parameters may not be used in const expressions
   = help: use `#![feature(generic_const_exprs)]` to allow generic const expressions

可能吗?

您可以使用 <T: Buf<8>> 签名,例如

fn a<T: Buf<8>>(buf: T) {
    println!("{:#?}", buf.to_buf());
}

或运行

#![feature(trait_alias)] 
trait Buf8 = Buf<8>;

fn a<T: Buf8>(buf: T) {
    println!("{:#?}", buf.to_buf());
}

在实验生锈中。

经过一些研究,我发现,在夜间,Rust 允许我们使用泛型 const 表达式,在这个 (#![feature(generic_const_exprs)]) 特性标志下,

但是,这还远未稳定。

#![allow(warnings)]
#![feature(generic_const_exprs)]

trait Buf {
    const N: usize;
    fn to_buf(&self) -> [u8; Self::N];
    fn from_buf(buf: [u8; Self::N]) -> Self;
}
macro_rules! impl_trait {
    ($name:ident for $($t:ty:$N:literal)*) => ($(
        impl $name for $t {
            const N: usize = $N;
            fn to_buf(&self) -> [u8; $N] {
                self.to_le_bytes()
            }
            fn from_buf(bytes: [u8; $N]) -> Self {
                Self::from_le_bytes(bytes)
            }
        }
    )*)
}
impl_trait!(Buf for u8:1 u16:2 u32:4 i8:1 i16:2 i32:4);

fn test<T: Buf>(buf: T, rhs: [u8; T::N])
where
    [u8; T::N]:,
{
    assert_eq!(buf.to_buf(), rhs);
}

fn main() {
    test(123_u8,  [123]);
    test(123_u16, [123, 0]);
    test(123_u32, [123, 0, 0, 0]);

    test(-123i8,  [133]);
    test(-123i16, [133, 255]);
    test(-123i32, [133, 255, 255, 255]);
}

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