RFC: RArrow for Pointer Ergonomics

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RFC: RArrow for Pointer Ergonomics #3576

Closed EEliisaa closed 4 months ago

EEliisaa commented 4 months ago

This RFC improves ergonomics for pointers in unsafe Rust. It adds the RArrow token as a single-dereference member access operator. x->field desugars to (*x).field, and x->method() desugars to (*x).method().

clarfonthey commented 4 months ago

For an RFC, you're not supposed to edit the template; you're supposed to copy it into a new file. As-is, this couldn't be merged.