src/never.rs


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use std::error;
use std::fmt;

/// Definition of an empty enum.
///
/// This is used as the error type in situations where there can't be an error. A `Result<T, Never>`
/// can be safely unwrapped and the `unwrap()` may be optimized away entirely.
pub enum Never {}

impl fmt::Display for Never {
    fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), std::fmt::Error> {
        match *self {}
    }
}
impl fmt::Debug for Never {
    fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), std::fmt::Error> {
        match *self {}
    }
}

impl error::Error for Never {}