core: Make Debug impl of raw pointers print metadata if present

library/Cargo.lock

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "rand_xorshift",
+ "regex",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -297,6 +298,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"

library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs

@@ -2776,7 +2776,14 @@ impl Display for char {
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<T: ?Sized> Pointer for *const T {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
-        pointer_fmt_inner(self.expose_provenance(), f)
+        if <<T as core::ptr::Pointee>::Metadata as core::unit::IsUnit>::is_unit() {
+            pointer_fmt_inner(self.expose_provenance(), f)
+        } else {
+            f.debug_struct("Pointer")
+                .field_with("addr", |f| pointer_fmt_inner(self.expose_provenance(), f))
+                .field("metadata", &core::ptr::metadata(*self))
+                .finish()
+        }
     }
 }
 

library/core/src/ptr/metadata.rs

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ pub trait Pointee {
     // NOTE: Keep trait bounds in `static_assert_expected_bounds_for_metadata`
     // in `library/core/src/ptr/metadata.rs`
     // in sync with those here:
+    // NOTE: The metadata of `dyn Trait + 'a` is `DynMetadata<dyn Trait + 'a>`
+    // so a `'static` bound must not be added.
     type Metadata: fmt::Debug + Copy + Send + Sync + Ord + Hash + Unpin + Freeze;
 }
 

library/core/src/unit.rs

@@ -17,3 +17,19 @@ impl FromIterator<()> for () {
         iter.into_iter().for_each(|()| {})
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) trait IsUnit {
+    fn is_unit() -> bool;
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> IsUnit for T {
+    default fn is_unit() -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+}
+
+impl IsUnit for () {
+    fn is_unit() -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+}

library/coretests/Cargo.toml

@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ test = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
 rand_xorshift = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
+regex = { version = "1.11.1", default-features = false }

library/coretests/tests/fmt/mod.rs

@@ -15,8 +15,39 @@ fn test_format_flags() {
 fn test_pointer_formats_data_pointer() {
     let b: &[u8] = b"";
     let s: &str = "";
-    assert_eq!(format!("{s:p}"), format!("{:p}", s.as_ptr()));
-    assert_eq!(format!("{b:p}"), format!("{:p}", b.as_ptr()));
+    assert_eq!(format!("{s:p}"), format!("{:p}", s as *const _));
+    assert_eq!(format!("{b:p}"), format!("{:p}", b as *const _));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_fmt_debug_of_raw_pointers() {
+    use core::fmt::Debug;
+
+    fn check_fmt<T: Debug>(t: T, expected: &str) {
+        use std::sync::LazyLock;
+
+        use regex::Regex;
+
+        static ADDR_REGEX: LazyLock<Regex> =
+            LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"0x[0-9a-fA-F]+").unwrap());
+
+        let formatted = format!("{:?}", t);
+        let normalized = ADDR_REGEX.replace_all(&formatted, "$$HEX");
+
+        assert_eq!(normalized, expected);
+    }
+
+    let plain = &mut 100;
+    check_fmt(plain as *mut i32, "$HEX");
+    check_fmt(plain as *const i32, "$HEX");
+
+    let slice = &mut [200, 300, 400][..];
+    check_fmt(slice as *mut [i32], "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: 3 }");
+    check_fmt(slice as *const [i32], "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: 3 }");
+
+    let vtable = &mut 500 as &mut dyn Debug;
+    check_fmt(vtable as *mut dyn Debug, "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: DynMetadata($HEX) }");
+    check_fmt(vtable as *const dyn Debug, "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: DynMetadata($HEX) }");
 }
 
 #[test]