add test cases, refactor deref

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Jonathan Kelley committed 2024-01-26 23:05:40 -08:00
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@@ -501,32 +501,7 @@ impl<T: Clone, S: Storage<SignalData<T>> + 'static> Deref for Signal<T, S> {
type Target = dyn Fn() -> T;
fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
// https://github.com/dtolnay/case-studies/tree/master/callable-types
// First we create a closure that captures something with the Same in memory layout as Self (MaybeUninit<Self>).
let uninit_callable = MaybeUninit::<Self>::uninit();
// Then move that value into the closure. We assume that the closure now has a in memory layout of Self.
let uninit_closure = move || Self::read(unsafe { &*uninit_callable.as_ptr() }).clone();
// Check that the size of the closure is the same as the size of Self in case the compiler changed the layout of the closure.
let size_of_closure = std::mem::size_of_val(&uninit_closure);
assert_eq!(size_of_closure, std::mem::size_of::<Self>());
// Then cast the lifetime of the closure to the lifetime of &self.
fn cast_lifetime<'a, T>(_a: &T, b: &'a T) -> &'a T {
b
}
let reference_to_closure = cast_lifetime(
{
// The real closure that we will never use.
&uninit_closure
},
// We transmute self into a reference to the closure. This is safe because we know that the closure has the same memory layout as Self so &Closure == &Self.
unsafe { std::mem::transmute(self) },
);
// Cast the closure to a trait object.
reference_to_closure as &Self::Target
Readable::deref_impl(self)
}
}