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`CoerceUnsized` was implemented on something that isn't a struct.
Erroneous code example:
```compile_fail,E0376
#![feature(coerce_unsized)]
use std::ops::CoerceUnsized;
struct Foo<T: ?Sized> {
a: T,
}
// error: The type `U` is not a struct
impl<T, U> CoerceUnsized<U> for Foo<T> {}
```
`CoerceUnsized` can only be implemented for a struct. Unsized types are
already able to be coerced without an implementation of `CoerceUnsized`
whereas a struct containing an unsized type needs to know the unsized type
field it's containing is able to be coerced. An [unsized type][1]
is any type that the compiler doesn't know the length or alignment of at
compile time. Any struct containing an unsized type is also unsized.
[1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-04-advanced-types.html#dynamically-sized-types-and-the-sized-trait
The `CoerceUnsized` trait takes a struct type. Make sure the type you are
providing to `CoerceUnsized` is a struct with only the last field containing an
unsized type.
Example:
```
#![feature(coerce_unsized)]
use std::ops::CoerceUnsized;
struct Foo<T> {
a: T,
}
// The `Foo<U>` is a struct so `CoerceUnsized` can be implemented
impl<T, U> CoerceUnsized<Foo<U>> for Foo<T> where T: CoerceUnsized<U> {}
```
Note that in Rust, structs can only contain an unsized type if the field
containing the unsized type is the last and only unsized type field in the
struct.
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