Module rustc_middle::ty::sty

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This module contains TyKind and its major components.

Structs

Represents the projection of an associated type.
Binder is a binder for higher-ranked lifetimes or types. It is part of the compiler’s representation for things like for<'a> Fn(&'a isize) (which would be represented by the type PolyTraitRef == Binder<'tcx, TraitRef>). Note that when we instantiate, erase, or otherwise “discharge” these bound vars, we change the type from Binder<'tcx, T> to just T (see e.g., liberate_late_bound_regions).
A closure can be modeled as a struct that looks like:
Struct returned by split().
A const variable ID.
A ProjectionPredicate for an ExistentialTraitRef.
An existential reference to a trait, where Self is erased. For example, the trait object Trait<'a, 'b, X, Y> is:
Signature of a function type, which we have arbitrarily decided to use to refer to the input/output types.
A “free” region fr can be interpreted as “some region at least as big as the scope fr.scope”.
Similar to ClosureSubsts; see the above documentation for more.
An inline const is modeled like
Struct returned by split().
Use this rather than RegionKind, whenever possible.
A region (lifetime) variable ID.
A complete reference to a trait. These take numerous guises in syntax, but perhaps the most recognizable form is in a where-clause:

Enums

Extra information about why we ended up with a particular variance. This is only used to add more information to error messages, and has no effect on soundness. While choosing the ‘wrong’ VarianceDiagInfo may lead to confusing notes in error messages, it will never cause a miscompilation or unsoundness.

Traits

Type Definitions