// run-pass use std::mem::MaybeUninit; trait CollectSlice<'a>: Iterator { fn inner_array(&mut self) -> [Self::Item; N]; fn collect_array(&mut self) -> [Self::Item; N] { let result = self.inner_array(); assert!(self.next().is_none()); result } } impl<'a, I: ?Sized> CollectSlice<'a> for I where I: Iterator, { fn inner_array(&mut self) -> [Self::Item; N] { let mut result: [MaybeUninit; N] = unsafe { MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() }; let mut count = 0; for (dest, item) in result.iter_mut().zip(self) { *dest = MaybeUninit::new(item); count += 1; } assert_eq!(N, count); let temp_ptr: *const [MaybeUninit; N] = &result; unsafe { std::ptr::read(temp_ptr as *const [Self::Item; N]) } } } fn main() { let mut foos = [0u64; 9].iter().cloned(); let _bar: [u64; 9] = foos.collect_array::<9_usize>(); }