The Rust language team wants a more general solution that also works with types like `Arc`, instead of hardcoding a special case for `Box` into the language. Th

The Rust language team wants a more general solution that also works with types like `Arc`, instead of hardcoding a special case for `Box` into the language. This is generally called "deref patterns." But there are tricky open design questions, so the effort is stalled until someone comes up with a proposal addressing them