}
}
+/* Nota bene
+ *
+ * We could have chosen not to add this impl, and instead have written a
+ * function of Pin<Box<T>> to Pin<T>. Such a function would not be sound,
+ * because Box<T> implements Unpin even when T does not, as a result of
+ * this impl.
+ *
+ * We chose this API instead of the alternative for a few reasons:
+ * - Logically, it is helpful to understand pinning in regard to the
+ * memory region being pointed to. For this reason none of the
+ * standard library pointer types support projecting through a pin
+ * (Box<T> is the only pointer type in std for which this would be
+ * safe.)
+ * - It is in practive very useful to have Box<T> be unconditionally
+ * Unpin because of trait objects, for which the structural auto
+ * trait functionality does not apply (e.g. Box<dyn Foo> would
+ * otherwise not be Unpin).
+ *
+ * Another type with the same semantics as Box but only a conditional
+ * implementation of `Unpin` (where `T: Unpin`) would be valid/safe, and
+ * could have a method to project a Pin<T> from it.
+ */
#[unstable(feature = "pin", issue = "49150")]
impl<T: ?Sized> Unpin for Box<T> { }