Fix #369 (Loss of Diagnostic information when Report is converted to Box<dyn Diagnostic>)

src/eyreish/error.rs

@@ -533,7 +533,8 @@ where
     E: Diagnostic + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     // Attach ErrorImpl<E>'s native StdError vtable. The StdError impl is below.
-    e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>().boxed()
+    let unerased = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>().boxed();
+    Box::new(unerased._object)
 }
 
 // Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
@@ -544,7 +545,8 @@ where
     E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     // Attach ErrorImpl<E>'s native StdError vtable. The StdError impl is below.
-    e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>().boxed()
+    let unerased = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>().boxed();
+    Box::new(unerased._object)
 }
 
 // Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
@@ -716,17 +718,6 @@ impl ErasedErrorImpl {
     }
 }
 
-impl<E> StdError for ErrorImpl<E>
-where
-    E: StdError,
-{
-    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
-        unsafe { ErrorImpl::diagnostic(self.erase()).source() }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<E> Diagnostic for ErrorImpl<E> where E: Diagnostic {}
-
 impl<E> Debug for ErrorImpl<E>
 where
     E: Debug,

tests/test_boxed.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use miette::{miette, Diagnostic, LabeledSpan, Report, SourceSpan};
 use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::io;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ impl Diagnostic for CustomDiagnostic {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_boxed_custom_diagnostic() {
-    fn assert_report(report: &Report) {
+    fn assert_report<T: ?Sized + Diagnostic>(report: &impl Deref<Target = T>) {
         assert_eq!(
             report.source().map(|source| source.to_string()),
             Some("oh no!".to_owned()),
@@ -215,10 +216,16 @@ fn test_boxed_custom_diagnostic() {
     let main_diagnostic = Box::new(main_diagnostic) as Box<dyn Diagnostic + Send + Sync + 'static>;
     let report = miette!(main_diagnostic);
     assert_report(&report);
+
+    // Now make sure that conversion to a trait-object is lossless!
+    let report_ref: &dyn Diagnostic = report.as_ref();
+    assert_report(&report_ref);
+
+    let report_box: Box<dyn Diagnostic> = report.into();
+    assert_report(&report_box);
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[ignore = "I don't know why this isn't working but it needs fixing."]
 fn test_boxed_sources() {
     let error = MyError {
         source: io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "oh no!"),