`deref` on `Box<str>`

[AlbertMarashi]

reposted:

I have this code, it does not compile. I am trying to deeply match a Box inside of a pattern, but the error is:

expected str, found `&str`

but there's no good way to match Box in a deeply nested pattern...

#![feature(box_patterns)]
struct Type {
    pub name: Box<str>,
    pub generics: Option<Vec<Type>>
}

fn main(){
    let kind = Type {
        name: "User".into(),
        generics: Some(Vec::new())
    };

    match kind {
        Type {
            name: box "User",
            generics
        } => {}
        _ => unimplemented!()
    }
}

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Is there any kind of proposal to address the deref for this specific case?

[chorman0773]

Box is planned to be covered by the initial version of deref patterns, regardless of the inner type.

[AlbertMarashi]

Great to hear. Can't wait for this feature. Any idea as to how long this process usually takes?