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14 changes: 7 additions & 7 deletions src/flexibility.md
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<a id="c-object"></a>
## Traits are object-safe if they may be useful as a trait object (C-OBJECT)
## Traits are dyn-compatible if they may be useful as a trait object (C-OBJECT)

Trait objects have some significant limitations: methods invoked through a trait
object cannot use generics, and cannot use `Self` except in receiver position.
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trait objects rather than use generics.

A `where` clause of `Self: Sized` may be used to exclude specific methods from
the trait's object. The following trait is not object-safe due to the generic
the trait's object. The following trait is not dyn-compatible due to the generic
method.

```rust
trait MyTrait {
fn object_safe(&self, i: i32);
fn dyn_compatible(&self, i: i32);

fn not_object_safe<T>(&self, t: T);
fn not_dyn_compatible<T>(&self, t: T);
}
```

Adding a requirement of `Self: Sized` to the generic method excludes it from the
trait object and makes the trait object-safe.
trait object and makes the trait dyn-compatible.

```rust
trait MyTrait {
fn object_safe(&self, i: i32);
fn dyn_compatible(&self, i: i32);

fn not_object_safe<T>(&self, t: T) where Self: Sized;
fn not_dyn_compatible<T>(&self, t: T) where Self: Sized;
}
```

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