Rust errors / Types and traits
Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0
Rust error E0371: the object type `(dyn Baz + 'static)` automatically implements the trait `Bar`
What it meansA trait was implemented on another which already automatically implemented it.
What rustc prints
error[E0371]: the object type `(dyn Baz + 'static)` automatically implements the trait `Bar`
--> main.rs:5:1
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5 | impl Bar for dyn Baz { } // error, `Baz` implements `Bar` by definition
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ `(dyn Baz + 'static)` automatically implements trait `Bar`Real output of rustc 1.99.0 compiling the official example below (2021 edition). Your names and line numbers will differ; the first line is the part to match.
The compiler team's explanation
A trait was implemented on another which already automatically implemented it.
Erroneous code examples:
trait Foo { fn foo(&self) { } }
trait Bar: Foo { }
trait Baz: Bar { }
impl Bar for dyn Baz { } // error, `Baz` implements `Bar` by definition
impl Foo for dyn Baz { } // error, `Baz` implements `Bar` which implements `Foo`
impl Baz for dyn Baz { } // error, `Baz` (trivially) implements `Baz`
This is okay, because Bar does not implement Baz by definition:
impl Baz for dyn Bar { } // Note: This is OK
When Trait2 is a subtrait of Trait1 (for example, when Trait2 has a definition like trait Trait2: Trait1 { ... }), it is not allowed to implement Trait1 for Trait2. This is because Trait2 already implements Trait1 by definition, so it is not useful to do this.
From rustc --explain E0371 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.
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