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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-17 12:19:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-17 12:19:50 +0000 |
| commit | 2e00214b3efbdfeefaa0fe9e8b8fd519de7adc35 (patch) | |
| tree | d325add32978dbdc1db975a438b3a77d571b1ab8 /library/core/src/iter/traits/exact_size.rs | |
| parent | Releasing progress-linux version 1.68.2+dfsg1-1~progress7.99u1. (diff) | |
| download | rustc-2e00214b3efbdfeefaa0fe9e8b8fd519de7adc35.tar.xz rustc-2e00214b3efbdfeefaa0fe9e8b8fd519de7adc35.zip | |
Merging upstream version 1.69.0+dfsg1.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/library/core/src/iter/traits/exact_size.rs b/library/core/src/iter/traits/exact_size.rs index 1757e37ec..908830d8a 100644 --- a/library/core/src/iter/traits/exact_size.rs +++ b/library/core/src/iter/traits/exact_size.rs @@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ /// /// [`len`]: ExactSizeIterator::len /// +/// # When *shouldn't* an adapter be `ExactSizeIterator`? +/// +/// If an adapter makes an iterator *longer*, then it's usually incorrect for +/// that adapter to implement `ExactSizeIterator`. The inner exact-sized +/// iterator might already be `usize::MAX`-long, and thus the length of the +/// longer adapted iterator would no longer be exactly representable in `usize`. +/// +/// This is why [`Chain<A, B>`](crate::iter::Chain) isn't `ExactSizeIterator`, +/// even when `A` and `B` are both `ExactSizeIterator`. +/// /// # Examples /// /// Basic usage: |