feat: add From trait implementations for boxed types

Author: Gaëtan Schwartz

impl/src/expand.rs

@@ -175,12 +175,23 @@ fn impl_struct(input: Struct) -> TokenStream {
                 #ty #body
             }
         };
-        let from_impl = quote_spanned! {span=>
+        let mut from_impl = quote_spanned! {span=>
             #[automatically_derived]
             impl #impl_generics ::core::convert::From<#from> for #ty #ty_generics #where_clause {
                 #from_function
             }
         };
+        if let Some(from) = type_parameter_of_box(from_field.ty) {
+            let body = from_some_source(from_field, backtrace_field, quote!(::thiserror::#private::Box::new(#source_var)));
+            from_impl.extend(quote_spanned! {span=>
+                #[automatically_derived]
+                impl #impl_generics ::core::convert::From<#from> for #ty #ty_generics #where_clause {
+                    fn from(#source_var: #from) -> Self {
+                        #ty #body
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
         Some(quote! {
             #[allow(
                 deprecated,
@@ -450,12 +461,23 @@ fn impl_enum(input: Enum) -> TokenStream {
                 #ty::#variant #body
             }
         };
-        let from_impl = quote_spanned! {span=>
+        let mut from_impl = quote_spanned! {span=>
             #[automatically_derived]
             impl #impl_generics ::core::convert::From<#from> for #ty #ty_generics #where_clause {
                 #from_function
             }
         };
+        if let Some(boxed) = type_parameter_of_box(from_field.ty) {
+            let body = from_some_source(from_field, backtrace_field, quote!(::thiserror::#private::Box::new(#source_var)));
+            from_impl.extend(quote_spanned! {span=>
+                #[automatically_derived]
+                impl #impl_generics ::core::convert::From<#boxed> for #ty #ty_generics #where_clause {
+                    fn from(#source_var: #boxed) -> Self {
+                        #ty::#variant #body
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
         Some(quote! {
             #[allow(
                 deprecated,
@@ -524,12 +546,20 @@ fn from_initializer(
     backtrace_field: Option<&Field>,
     source_var: &Ident,
 ) -> TokenStream {
-    let from_member = &from_field.member;
     let some_source = if type_is_option(from_field.ty) {
         quote!(::core::option::Option::Some(#source_var))
     } else {
         quote!(#source_var)
     };
+    from_some_source(from_field, backtrace_field, some_source)
+}
+
+fn from_some_source(
+    from_field: &Field,
+    backtrace_field: Option<&Field<'_>>,
+    some_source: TokenStream,
+) -> TokenStream {
+    let from_member = &from_field.member;
     let backtrace = backtrace_field.map(|backtrace_field| {
         let backtrace_member = &backtrace_field.member;
         if type_is_option(backtrace_field.ty) {
@@ -582,3 +612,29 @@ fn type_parameter_of_option(ty: &Type) -> Option<&Type> {
         _ => None,
     }
 }
+
+fn type_parameter_of_box(ty: &Type) -> Option<&Type> {
+    let path = match ty {
+        Type::Path(ty) => &ty.path,
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+
+    let last = path.segments.last().unwrap();
+    if last.ident != "Box" {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let bracketed = match &last.arguments {
+        PathArguments::AngleBracketed(bracketed) => bracketed,
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+
+    if bracketed.args.len() != 1 {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    match &bracketed.args[0] {
+        GenericArgument::Type(arg) => Some(arg),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}

src/lib.rs

@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@
 #[cfg(all(thiserror_nightly_testing, not(error_generic_member_access)))]
 compile_error!("Build script probe failed to compile.");
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+extern crate alloc;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 extern crate std;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]

src/private.rs

@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@ pub use crate::display::AsDisplay;
 pub use crate::provide::ThiserrorProvide;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use crate::var::Var;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub use alloc::boxed::Box;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use core::error::Error;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(thiserror_no_backtrace_type)))]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use std::backtrace::Backtrace;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub use std::boxed::Box;

tests/test_from.rs

@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ pub enum ErrorEnumOptional {
     },
 }
 
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+#[error("...")]
+pub enum ErrorEnumBox {
+    Test {
+        #[from]
+        source: Box<io::Error>,
+    },
+}
+
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 #[error("...")]
 pub enum Many {
@@ -51,6 +60,7 @@ pub enum Many {
 }
 
 fn assert_impl<T: From<io::Error>>() {}
+fn assert_impl_box<T: From<Box<io::Error>>>() {}
 
 #[test]
 fn test_from() {
@@ -60,5 +70,7 @@ fn test_from() {
     assert_impl::<ErrorTupleOptional>();
     assert_impl::<ErrorEnum>();
     assert_impl::<ErrorEnumOptional>();
+    assert_impl::<ErrorEnumBox>();
+    assert_impl_box::<ErrorEnumBox>();
     assert_impl::<Many>();
 }