How to implement multiple unsize coercions?

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I have a struct which has 2 pointer field, and I want to make unsize coercion on both of them. I have tried several methods but can't make it to work. See playground for a demo.

struct A<B:?Sized, C:?Sized> {
    b: *const B,
    c: *const C,
}

I want a way to control the unsize coersion manually, so I can coerce A<B, C> to A<UB, C>, A<B, UC> or A<UB, UC> by calling different method, where B: Unsize<UB>, C:Unsize<UC>.

If it is not possible, then is an auto unsize coersion from A<B, C> to A<UB, UC> possible? How?

Thanks for any help!

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FIY, this works. You can define variants to selectively unsize coerce any field or fields.

impl<B:?Sized,C:?Sized> A<B,C>{
    fn unsize_both<U:?Sized,V:?Sized>(self)->A<U,V>
        where B:Unsize<U>,C:Unsize<V>
    {
        let A{b,c} = self;
        A::<U,V>{
            b,c
        }
    }
}
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This method doesn't work if A implements Drop and its fields doesn't implement Copy and Clone.

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