Add .as_borrowed() conversion from gil-refs to Bound<T>

newsfragments/3692.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `PyNativeType::as_bound` to convert "GIL refs" to the new `Bound` smart pointer.

newsfragments/3692.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include `PyNativeType` in `pyo3::prelude`.

src/conversions/chrono.rs

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 //! }
 //! ```
 use crate::exceptions::{PyTypeError, PyUserWarning, PyValueError};
-use crate::instance::Bound;
 #[cfg(Py_LIMITED_API)]
 use crate::sync::GILOnceCell;
 #[cfg(not(Py_LIMITED_API))]
@@ -56,7 +55,9 @@ use crate::types::{
 };
 #[cfg(Py_LIMITED_API)]
 use crate::{intern, PyDowncastError};
-use crate::{FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyErr, PyObject, PyResult, Python, ToPyObject};
+use crate::{
+    FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyErr, PyNativeType, PyObject, PyResult, Python, ToPyObject,
+};
 use chrono::offset::{FixedOffset, Utc};
 use chrono::{
     DateTime, Datelike, Duration, NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, NaiveTime, Offset, TimeZone, Timelike,
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ fn warn_truncated_leap_second(obj: &PyAny) {
         "ignored leap-second, `datetime` does not support leap-seconds",
         0,
     ) {
-        e.write_unraisable_bound(py, Some(Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(&obj)))
+        e.write_unraisable_bound(py, Some(&obj.as_borrowed()))
     };
 }
 

src/err/mod.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
     exceptions::{self, PyBaseException},
     ffi,
 };
-use crate::{IntoPy, Py, PyAny, PyObject, Python, ToPyObject};
+use crate::{IntoPy, Py, PyAny, PyNativeType, PyObject, Python, ToPyObject};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
 use std::ffi::CString;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ impl PyErr {
     )]
     #[inline]
     pub fn write_unraisable(self, py: Python<'_>, obj: Option<&PyAny>) {
-        self.write_unraisable_bound(py, obj.as_ref().map(Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref))
+        self.write_unraisable_bound(py, obj.map(PyAny::as_borrowed).as_deref())
     }
 
     /// Reports the error as unraisable.
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ impl<'a> std::error::Error for PyDowncastError<'a> {}
 
 impl<'a> std::fmt::Display for PyDowncastError<'a> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), std::fmt::Error> {
-        display_downcast_error(f, Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(&self.from), &self.to)
+        display_downcast_error(f, &self.from.as_borrowed(), &self.to)
     }
 }
 

src/instance.rs

@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ pub unsafe trait PyNativeType: Sized {
     /// The form of this which is stored inside a `Py<T>` smart pointer.
     type AsRefSource: HasPyGilRef<AsRefTarget = Self>;
 
+    /// Cast `&self` to a `Borrowed` smart pointer.
+    ///
+    /// `Borrowed<T>` implements `Deref<Target=Bound<T>>`, so can also be used in locations
+    /// where `Bound<T>` is expected.
+    ///
+    /// This is available as a migration tool to adjust code from the deprecated "GIL Refs"
+    /// API to the `Bound` smart pointer API.
+    fn as_borrowed<'py>(&'py self) -> Borrowed<'py, 'py, Self::AsRefSource> {
+        // Safety: &'py Self is expected to be a Python pointer,
+        // so has the same layout as Borrowed<'py, 'py, T>
+        unsafe { std::mem::transmute(self) }
+    }
+
     /// Returns a GIL marker constrained to the lifetime of this type.
     #[inline]
     fn py(&self) -> Python<'_> {
@@ -184,18 +197,6 @@ impl<'py, T> Bound<'py, T> {
         self.into_non_null().as_ptr()
     }
 
-    /// Internal helper to convert e.g. &'a &'py PyDict to &'a Bound<'py, PyDict> for
-    /// backwards-compatibility during migration to removal of pool.
-    #[doc(hidden)] // public and doc(hidden) to use in examples and tests for now
-    pub fn borrowed_from_gil_ref<'a, U>(gil_ref: &'a &'py U) -> &'a Self
-    where
-        U: PyNativeType<AsRefSource = T>,
-    {
-        // Safety: &'py T::AsRefTarget is expected to be a Python pointer,
-        // so &'a &'py T::AsRefTarget has the same layout as &'a Bound<'py, T>
-        unsafe { std::mem::transmute(gil_ref) }
-    }
-
     /// Casts this `Bound<T>` as the corresponding "GIL Ref" type.
     ///
     /// This is a helper to be used for migration from the deprecated "GIL Refs" API.
@@ -311,12 +312,6 @@ impl<'py, T> Borrowed<'py, 'py, T>
 where
     T: HasPyGilRef,
 {
-    pub(crate) fn from_gil_ref(gil_ref: &'py T::AsRefTarget) -> Self {
-        // Safety: &'py T::AsRefTarget is expected to be a Python pointer,
-        // so &'py T::AsRefTarget has the same layout as Self.
-        unsafe { std::mem::transmute(gil_ref) }
-    }
-
     // pub(crate) fn into_gil_ref(self) -> &'py T::AsRefTarget {
     //     // Safety: self is a borrow over `'py`.
     //     unsafe { self.py().from_borrowed_ptr(self.0.as_ptr()) }
@@ -1366,7 +1361,7 @@ where
 {
     /// Extracts `Self` from the source `PyObject`.
     fn extract(ob: &'a PyAny) -> PyResult<Self> {
-        Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(&ob)
+        ob.as_borrowed()
             .downcast()
             .map(Clone::clone)
             .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -1485,7 +1480,7 @@ impl PyObject {
 mod tests {
     use super::{Bound, Py, PyObject};
     use crate::types::{PyDict, PyString};
-    use crate::{PyAny, PyResult, Python, ToPyObject};
+    use crate::{PyAny, PyNativeType, PyResult, Python, ToPyObject};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_call0() {
@@ -1612,8 +1607,11 @@ a = A()
     #[test]
     fn test_py2_into_py_object() {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
-            let instance: Bound<'_, PyAny> =
-                Bound::borrowed_from_gil_ref(&py.eval("object()", None, None).unwrap()).clone();
+            let instance = py
+                .eval("object()", None, None)
+                .unwrap()
+                .as_borrowed()
+                .to_owned();
             let ptr = instance.as_ptr();
             let instance: PyObject = instance.clone().into();
             assert_eq!(instance.as_ptr(), ptr);

src/prelude.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub use crate::marker::Python;
 pub use crate::pycell::{PyCell, PyRef, PyRefMut};
 pub use crate::pyclass_init::PyClassInitializer;
 pub use crate::types::{PyAny, PyModule};
+pub use crate::PyNativeType;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
 pub use pyo3_macros::{pyclass, pyfunction, pymethods, pymodule, FromPyObject};