Consider the library obsolete

[chris-morgan]

Since AnyPrivate was merged back into Any, the get_type_id method is available on Any again, removing the raison d’être of this library.

Transition technique: typeable::Typeable.get_type -> core::any::Any.get_type_id.

[reem]

Since the trait is called AnyPrivate, I think it's likely it won't be around for long.

[chris-morgan]

It was AnyPrivate, but when private trait bounds were forbidden (pub trait Any: AnyPrivate for trait AnyPrivate), that was no longer possible. There is no reason to expect this to disappear, especially as the method is marked stable.

[reem]

I think it's entirely possible that in the future AnyPrivate might be collapsed into Any, with new associated statics features and better trait object and DST support.

[chris-morgan]

I don’t understand what you’re saying—there is no AnyPrivate, it’s a relic of history. Any.get_type_id exists and is #[stable].

[reem]

It should probably not be stable then, since using virtual calls for this is very slow and should be unnecessary with associated statics. I will file an issue.

[reem]

All that said it's reasonable to expect this functionality will be available from Any, so this can be marked obsolete.

[reem]

get_type_id is no longer #[stable] for the above reasons, so this library is still useful for building on rust 1.0 in the near future once #7 is closed.