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OOP at home: (europe.pub)
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[–] 41 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Deref is for smart pointers and not for inheritance.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    The windows crate is full of Deref. Because the windows API is full of inheritance.

    It may not be what the trait was thought of for, but I'm glad we have it to interface with APIs that have actual inheritance.

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