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@Kobzol Kobzol commented Aug 4, 2025

Implements the #[derive(From)] feature (tracking issue, RFC).

It allows deriving the From impl on structs and tuple structs with exactly one field. Some implementation notes:

  • I wasn't exactly sure which spans to use in the derive generating code, so I just used span everywhere. I don't know if it's the Right Thing To Do. In particular the errors when #[derive(From)] is used on a struct with an unsized field are weirdly duplicated.
  • I had to solve an import stability problem, where if I just added the unstable macro From to core::convert, previously working code like use std::convert::From would suddenly require an unstable feature gate, because rustc would think that you're trying to import the unstable macro. @petrochenkov suggested that I add the macro the the core prelude instead. This has worked well, although it only works in edition 2021+. Not sure if I botched the prelude somehow and it should live elsewhere (?).
  • I had to add Ty::AstTy, because the from function receives an argument with the type of the single field, and the existing variants of the Ty enum couldn't represent an arbitrary type.

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☔ The latest upstream changes (presumably #145146) made this pull request unmergeable. Please resolve the merge conflicts.

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On the right track, but a few things need fixing.

There is a test called tests/ui/deriving/deriving-all-codegen.rs which tests the output of all builtin derives. It's really useful to have a test that shows the actual output, so that minor changes can be seen.

From should be added to that file. A lot of the structs don't have a single field, it would be worth adding/moving some of the ones from deriving-from.rs to it.

The derive(...) lists are in mostly-alphabetical order, so I would put From in between Default and Hash.

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Kobzol commented Aug 15, 2025

I tried to resolve review remarks, and improve the error message(s). Before fixing tests, I'd like to know your opinion on the current errors.

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Changes to the code generated for builtin derived traits.

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Good progress. The new error messages look good, thanks.

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Ok: squash the final 7 commits together, undo the formatting changes to deriving-all-codegen.rs, and r=me.

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Kobzol commented Aug 15, 2025

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📌 Commit 1f3a747 has been approved by nnethercote

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Rollup of 11 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #143717 (Add `Default` impls for `Pin`ned `Box`, `Rc`, `Arc`)
 - #144054 (Stabilize as_array_of_cells)
 - #144907 (fix: Reject async assoc fns of const traits/impls in ast_passes)
 - #144922 (Implement `#[derive(From)]`)
 - #144963 (Stabilize `core::iter::chain`)
 - #145436 (fix(tests/rmake/wasm-unexpected-features): change features from `WASM1` to `MVP`)
 - #145453 (Remove duplicated tracing span in bootstrap)
 - #145454 (Fix tracing debug representation of steps without arguments in bootstrap)
 - #145455 (Do not copy files in `copy_src_dirs` in dry run)
 - #145462 (Stabilize `const_exposed_provenance` feature)
 - #145466 (Enable new `[range-diff]` feature in triagebot)

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Rollup merge of #144922 - Kobzol:derive-from, r=nnethercote

Implement `#[derive(From)]`

Implements the `#[derive(From)]` feature ([tracking issue](#144889), [RFC](rust-lang/rfcs#3809)).

It allows deriving the `From` impl on structs and tuple structs with exactly one field. Some implementation notes:
- I wasn't exactly sure which spans to use in the derive generating code, so I just used `span` everywhere. I don't know if it's the Right Thing To Do. In particular the errors when `#[derive(From)]` is used on a struct with an unsized field are weirdly duplicated.
- I had to solve an import stability problem, where if I just added the unstable `macro From` to `core::convert`, previously working code like `use std::convert::From` would suddenly require an unstable feature gate, because rustc would think that you're trying to import the unstable macro. `@petrochenkov` suggested that I add the macro the the core prelude instead. This has worked well, although it only works in edition 2021+. Not sure if I botched the prelude somehow and it should live elsewhere (?).
- I had to add `Ty::AstTy`, because the `from` function receives an argument with the type of the single field, and the existing variants of the `Ty` enum couldn't represent an arbitrary type.
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jhpratt commented Aug 16, 2025

still in queue; merged in #145475

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