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r: 182342
b: refs/heads/beta
c: 70f7165
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: alexcrichton

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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ refs/heads/automation-fail: 1bf06495443584539b958873e04cc2f864ab10e4
 refs/heads/issue-18208-method-dispatch-3-quick-reject: 2009f85b9f99dedcec4404418eda9ddba90258a2
 refs/heads/batch: b7fd822592a4fb577552d93010c4a4e14f314346
 refs/heads/building: 126db549b038c84269a1e4fe46f051b2c15d6970
-refs/heads/beta: 7f8c687fdfbf076ef1667f4d95633d4e0812b516
+refs/heads/beta: 70f7165cc8975337964118af4d30f40b98f5edeb
 refs/heads/windistfix: 7608dbad651f02e837ed05eef3d74a6662a6e928
 refs/tags/1.0.0-alpha: e42bd6d93a1d3433c486200587f8f9e12590a4d7
 refs/heads/tmp: eb836bf767aa1d8d4cba488a9091cde3c0ab4b2f

branches/beta/src/liballoc/boxed.rs

@@ -125,19 +125,21 @@ impl<S: hash::Hasher, T: ?Sized + Hash<S>> Hash<S> for Box<T> {
 }
 
 /// Extension methods for an owning `Any` trait object.
-#[unstable = "post-DST and coherence changes, this will not be a trait but \
-              rather a direct `impl` on `Box<Any>`"]
+#[unstable = "this trait will likely disappear once compiler bugs blocking \
+              a direct impl on `Box<Any>` have been fixed "]
+// FIXME(#18737): this should be a direct impl on `Box<Any>`. If you're
+//                removing this please make sure that you can downcase on
+//                `Box<Any + Send>` as well as `Box<Any>`
 pub trait BoxAny {
     /// Returns the boxed value if it is of type `T`, or
     /// `Err(Self)` if it isn't.
     #[stable]
     fn downcast<T: 'static>(self) -> Result<Box<T>, Self>;
 }
 
+#[stable]
 impl BoxAny for Box<Any> {
     #[inline]
-    #[unstable = "method may be renamed with respect to other downcasting \
-                  methods"]
     fn downcast<T: 'static>(self) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<Any>> {
         if self.is::<T>() {
             unsafe {