PROMETHIA-27 c27a3cff6d Make Reflect safe to implement (#5010) ... # Objective Currently, `Reflect` is unsafe to implement because of a contract in which `any` and `any_mut` must return `self`, or `downcast` will cause UB. This PR makes `Reflect` safe, makes `downcast` not use unsafe, and eliminates this contract. ## Solution This PR adds a method to `Reflect`, `any`. It also renames the old `any` to `as_any`. `any` now takes a `Box<Self>` and returns a `Box<dyn Any>`. --- ## Changelog ### Added: - `any()` method - `represents()` method ### Changed: - `Reflect` is now a safe trait - `downcast()` is now safe - The old `any` is now called `as_any`, and `any_mut` is now `as_mut_any` ## Migration Guide - Reflect derives should not have to change anything - Manual reflect impls will need to remove the `unsafe` keyword, add `any()` implementations, and rename the old `any` and `any_mut` to `as_any` and `as_mut_any`. - Calls to `any`/`any_mut` must be changed to `as_any`/`as_mut_any` ## Points of discussion: - Should renaming `any` be avoided and instead name the new method `any_box`? - ~~Could there be a performance regression from avoiding the unsafe? I doubt it, but this change does seem to introduce redundant checks.~~ - ~~Could/should `is` and `type_id()` be implemented differently? For example, moving `is` onto `Reflect` as an `fn(&self, TypeId) -> bool`~~ Co-authored-by: PROMETHIA-27 <42193387+PROMETHIA-27@users.noreply.github.com>		2022-06-27 16:52:25 +00:00
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src	Make Reflect safe to implement (#5010)	2022-06-27 16:52:25 +00:00
Cargo.toml	Update gilrs to v0.9 (#4848)	2022-05-30 17:26:23 +00:00