error[E0605]: non-primitive cast: `&dyn Foo` as `&dyn Bar` --> $DIR/type-checking-test-2.rs:19:13 | LL | let _ = x as &dyn Bar; // Error | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ an `as` expression can only be used to convert between primitive types or to coerce to a specific trait object error[E0605]: non-primitive cast: `&dyn Foo` as `&dyn Bar<_>` --> $DIR/type-checking-test-2.rs:24:13 | LL | let a = x as &dyn Bar<_>; // Ambiguous | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ an `as` expression can only be used to convert between primitive types or to coerce to a specific trait object error: aborting due to 2 previous errors For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0605`.