Matching ErrorKind from boxed Error

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There is a function returning some Result<foo, Box<Error>>. I want to recover from some of these errors, i.e. from std::io::Error with ErrorKind::TimedOut. I created an Example in the playground for this.

In short: I want this kind of match (or equivalent) to work with a boxed error:

    match whatever {
      Ok(_) => println!("Yay, OK!"),
      // Err(ref e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut => println!("Oh noes, timeout!"),
      Err(e) => println!("Unknown error: {:?}", e),
    };
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dyn Error exposes methods that allow you to check the boxed type and downcast it: Error in std::error - Rust

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Nice! So this is the way to go?

It works, but maybe I'm missing some sugar?

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