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Bug with trait inheritance and trait objects #9394

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@Kimundi

If you try to call an inherited method on an trait object, it instead calls a regular method of the trait itself, or potentially crashes if the signatures don't match.

Test case:

trait Base {
    fn baz(&self);
}

trait Super: Base {
    fn bar(&self);
}

struct X;

impl Base for X {
    fn baz(&self) {
        println("base baz");
    }
}

impl Super for X {
    fn bar(&self) {
        println("super bar");
    }
}

fn main() {
    let n = X;
    let b = &n as &Base;
    let s = &n as &Super;

    n.baz();   // base baz
    n.bar();   // super bar

    println("");

    b.baz();   // base baz
    //b.bar(); // Base has no bar()

    println("");

    s.baz();   // BUG: super bar - should be base baz
    s.bar();   // super bar
}

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