Reword "object safety" as "trait-object safety" #1512
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"Object safe" is not a self-explanatory term.
The the word "object" doesn't have a clear definition in Rust's context, and to users it may not be obvious that the term refers to trait objects specifically.
The "safe" part is not good either, because it could be misunderstood as relating to "safe Rust" or not-
unsafe
.However, the term "object safe" is used in a lot of places, so I propose a minimal backwards-compatible fix by calling this concept "trait-object safety". Addition of the word "trait" adds context, and clearly connects it to trait objects.
Users may only know this concept from
Box<dyn Trait>
types, so I'm also emphasisingdyn Trait
compatibility.More in the forum thread:
https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/object-safety-is-a-terrible-term/21025