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Auto merge of #125380 - compiler-errors:wc-obj-safety, r=oli-obk
Make `WHERE_CLAUSES_OBJECT_SAFETY` a regular object safety violation
#### The issue
In #50781, we have known about unsound `where` clauses in function arguments:
```rust
trait Impossible {}
trait Foo {
fn impossible(&self)
where
Self: Impossible;
}
impl Foo for &() {
fn impossible(&self)
where
Self: Impossible,
{}
}
// `where` clause satisfied for the object, meaning that the function now *looks* callable.
impl Impossible for dyn Foo {}
fn main() {
let x: &dyn Foo = &&();
x.impossible();
}
```
... which currently segfaults at runtime because we try to call a method in the vtable that doesn't exist. :(
#### What did u change
This PR removes the `WHERE_CLAUSES_OBJECT_SAFETY` lint and instead makes it a regular object safety violation. I choose to make this into a hard error immediately rather than a `deny` because of the time that has passed since this lint was authored, and the single (1) regression (see below).
That means that it's OK to mention `where Self: Trait` where clauses in your trait, but making such a trait into a `dyn Trait` object will report an object safety violation just like `where Self: Sized`, etc.
```rust
trait Impossible {}
trait Foo {
fn impossible(&self)
where
Self: Impossible; // <~ This definition is valid, just not object-safe.
}
impl Foo for &() {
fn impossible(&self)
where
Self: Impossible,
{}
}
fn main() {
let x: &dyn Foo = &&(); // <~ THIS is where we emit an error.
}
```
#### Regressions
From a recent crater run, there's only one crate that relies on this behavior: #124305 (comment). The crate looks unmaintained and there seems to be no dependents.
#### Further
We may later choose to relax this (e.g. when the where clause is implied by the supertraits of the trait or something), but this is not something I propose to do in this FCP.
For example, given:
```
trait Tr {
fn f(&self) where Self: Blanket;
}
impl<T: ?Sized> Blanket for T {}
```
Proving that some placeholder `S` implements `S: Blanket` would be sufficient to prove that the same (blanket) impl applies for both `Concerete: Blanket` and `dyn Trait: Blanket`.
Repeating here that I don't think we need to implement this behavior right now.
----
r? lcnr
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