Why does `*mut` "use" its type parameters, but `*const` does not?

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struct Foo<T>(*mut Self); // works
struct Bar<T>(*const Self); // error[E0392]: parameter `T` is never used

Er, what?

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I do not have an answer to your question, but am curious: how did you even discover this ?

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I changed a field from *mut Self to Option<NonNull<Self>> and hit the same issue, thought I was going mad and then tried *const.

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I would file a bug with rustc.

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Wanted to check here that it wasn't deliberate first, but I think your view on that is as good as any!

Filed `*mut` "uses" type params, but `*const` (and therefore `NonNull`) does not · Issue #118976 · rust-lang/rust · GitHub

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