According to the documentation AsRef is a cheap reference-to-reference conversion: Trait std :: convert :: AsRef Used to do a cheap reference-to-reference conversion. I wonder why there is no implementation like: impl<T: ?Sized> AsRef<T> for T { fn as_ref(&self) -> &T { self } } ( P…

Why not impl AsRef<T> for T

sfackler July 4, 2022, 12:07pm 4

IIRC It would conflict with other generic implementations - in particular this one I think: mod.rs - source

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