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176                        <h1 id="faq"><a class="header" href="#faq">FAQ</a></h1>
177<h2 id="why-is-it-called-dyner"><a class="header" href="#why-is-it-called-dyner">Why is it called dyner?</a></h2>
178<p>Honestly? <a href="https://crates.io/crates/dyno">dyno</a> was taken. Best name ever! Think of the logo! It practically draws itself!</p>
179<p>But dyner is cool too: it's more dyn than dyn!</p>
180<h2 id="how-do-i-pronounce-dyner-dude"><a class="header" href="#how-do-i-pronounce-dyner-dude">How do I pronounce dyner, dude?</a></h2>
181<p>Pronounce it like &quot;diner&quot;.</p>
182<p>Or maybe &quot;dinner&quot;.</p>
183<p>Whatever floats your boat!</p>
184<h2 id="does-dyner-have-a-theme-song"><a class="header" href="#does-dyner-have-a-theme-song">Does dyner have a theme song?</a></h2>
185<p>Why, it does! So glad you asked! It goes to the tune of, &quot;I've been working on the railroad&quot;.</p>
186<pre><code>I've been working on my rust code
187All the live long day
188Got a problem in my Rust code
189Static dispatch is in the way
190
191Too many copies of my function
192One for every type I use
193Mono-, monomorphization
194It's... so easy to abuse
195
196Dyner up my code
197Dyner up my code
198Dyner up the traits in my coh-oh-ode
199Dyner up my code
200Dyner up my code
201Dyner up the traits in my code
202
203Dynamic dispatch with dyner
204It's pretty easy to do-ooh-ooh
205Dynamic dispatch with dyner
206It's fun for me and you
207
208D, Y, N E R
209D, Y, N E R-R-R-R
210D, Y, N E-eeee Rrrrr
211Dynamic dispatch in my code
212</code></pre>
213<h2 id="does-dyner-work-for-no-std-crates"><a class="header" href="#does-dyner-work-for-no-std-crates">Does <code>dyner</code> work for no-std crates?</a></h2>
214<p>Yes! But without access to the <code>Box</code> type, you can only pass trait objects that are stored in references.</p>
215<h2 id="wouldnt-it-be-nicer-if-you-built-this-stuff-into-the-language"><a class="header" href="#wouldnt-it-be-nicer-if-you-built-this-stuff-into-the-language">Wouldn't it be nicer if you built this stuff into the language?</a></h2>
216<p>Maybe! But first we have to decide what we want to build. There are also some aspects of trait objects that are necessarily quite &quot;custom&quot;, so it may be that there would still be a role for a crate like <code>dyner</code> even if we were to change how <code>dyn</code> works in Rust.</p>
217<h2 id="is-there-more-you-would-like-to-do-with-dyner"><a class="header" href="#is-there-more-you-would-like-to-do-with-dyner">Is there more you would like to do with dyner?</a></h2>
218<p>Yes! Here are some things we would like to support but haven't gotten around to yet:</p>
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220<li>Supports for arbitrary smart pointers. In particular, it'd be great if you could use <code>from_ref</code> with anything <code>impl Deref&lt;Target: Trait&gt;</code>, or at least any <code>impl Deref</code> that is pointer sized. Not clear how to best express or manage invoking the destructor.</li>
221<li>No-std compatibility! That... could be hard. It's not clear what's the best way to return a future if boxing is not available.</li>
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