Relax Sized requirements for blanket impls

rand_core/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+### API changes
+- Relax `Sized` bound on impls of `TryRngCore`, `TryCryptoRng` and `UnwrapMut` (#1593)
+
 ## [0.9.1] - 2025-02-16
 ### API changes
 - Add `TryRngCore::unwrap_mut`, providing an impl of `RngCore` over `&mut rng` (#1589)

rand_core/src/lib.rs

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ pub trait TryRngCore {
 // Note that, unfortunately, this blanket impl prevents us from implementing
 // `TryRngCore` for types which can be dereferenced to `TryRngCore`, i.e. `TryRngCore`
 // will not be automatically implemented for `&mut R`, `Box<R>`, etc.
-impl<R: RngCore> TryRngCore for R {
+impl<R: RngCore + ?Sized> TryRngCore for R {
     type Error = core::convert::Infallible;
 
     #[inline]
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ impl<R: RngCore> TryRngCore for R {
 /// (like [`OsRng`]) or if the `default()` instance uses a strong, fresh seed.
 pub trait TryCryptoRng: TryRngCore {}
 
-impl<R: CryptoRng> TryCryptoRng for R {}
+impl<R: CryptoRng + ?Sized> TryCryptoRng for R {}
 
 /// Wrapper around [`TryRngCore`] implementation which implements [`RngCore`]
 /// by panicking on potential errors.
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ impl<R: TryCryptoRng> CryptoRng for UnwrapErr<R> {}
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub struct UnwrapMut<'r, R: TryRngCore + ?Sized>(pub &'r mut R);
 
-impl<R: TryRngCore> RngCore for UnwrapMut<'_, R> {
+impl<R: TryRngCore + ?Sized> RngCore for UnwrapMut<'_, R> {
     #[inline]
     fn next_u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
         self.0.try_next_u32().unwrap()
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ impl<R: TryRngCore> RngCore for UnwrapMut<'_, R> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<R: TryCryptoRng> CryptoRng for UnwrapMut<'_, R> {}
+impl<R: TryCryptoRng + ?Sized> CryptoRng for UnwrapMut<'_, R> {}
 
 /// A random number generator that can be explicitly seeded.
 ///
@@ -639,4 +639,91 @@ mod test {
         // value-breakage test:
         assert_eq!(results[0], 5029875928683246316);
     }
+
+    // A stub RNG.
+    struct SomeRng;
+
+    impl RngCore for SomeRng {
+        fn next_u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
+        fn next_u64(&mut self) -> u64 {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
+        fn fill_bytes(&mut self, _: &mut [u8]) {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl CryptoRng for SomeRng {}
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dyn_rngcore_to_tryrngcore() {
+        // Illustrates the need for `+ ?Sized` bound in `impl<R: RngCore> TryRngCore for R`.
+
+        // A method in another crate taking a fallible RNG
+        fn third_party_api(_rng: &mut (impl TryRngCore + ?Sized)) -> bool {
+            true
+        }
+
+        // A method in our crate requiring an infallible RNG
+        fn my_api(rng: &mut dyn RngCore) -> bool {
+            // We want to call the method above
+            third_party_api(rng)
+        }
+
+        assert!(my_api(&mut SomeRng));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dyn_cryptorng_to_trycryptorng() {
+        // Illustrates the need for `+ ?Sized` bound in `impl<R: CryptoRng> TryCryptoRng for R`.
+
+        // A method in another crate taking a fallible RNG
+        fn third_party_api(_rng: &mut (impl TryCryptoRng + ?Sized)) -> bool {
+            true
+        }
+
+        // A method in our crate requiring an infallible RNG
+        fn my_api(rng: &mut dyn CryptoRng) -> bool {
+            // We want to call the method above
+            third_party_api(rng)
+        }
+
+        assert!(my_api(&mut SomeRng));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dyn_unwrap_mut_tryrngcore() {
+        // Illustrates the need for `+ ?Sized` bound in
+        // `impl<R: TryRngCore> RngCore for UnwrapMut<'_, R>`.
+
+        fn third_party_api(_rng: &mut impl RngCore) -> bool {
+            true
+        }
+
+        fn my_api(rng: &mut (impl TryRngCore + ?Sized)) -> bool {
+            let mut infallible_rng = rng.unwrap_mut();
+            third_party_api(&mut infallible_rng)
+        }
+
+        assert!(my_api(&mut SomeRng));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dyn_unwrap_mut_trycryptorng() {
+        // Illustrates the need for `+ ?Sized` bound in
+        // `impl<R: TryCryptoRng> CryptoRng for UnwrapMut<'_, R>`.
+
+        fn third_party_api(_rng: &mut impl CryptoRng) -> bool {
+            true
+        }
+
+        fn my_api(rng: &mut (impl TryCryptoRng + ?Sized)) -> bool {
+            let mut infallible_rng = rng.unwrap_mut();
+            third_party_api(&mut infallible_rng)
+        }
+
+        assert!(my_api(&mut SomeRng));
+    }
 }