1 files changed, 75 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/mutex/guard.rs b/src/mutex/guard.rs
index c7f25e4..f9324ad 100644
--- a/src/mutex/guard.rs
+++ b/src/mutex/guard.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
@@ -7,6 +8,21 @@ use crate::key::Keyable;
 
 use super::{Mutex, MutexGuard, MutexRef};
 
+// This makes things slightly easier because now you can use
+// `println!("{guard}")` instead of `println!("{}", *guard)`. I wonder if I
+// should implement some other standard library traits like this too?
+impl<'a, T: Debug + ?Sized + 'a, R: RawMutex> Debug for MutexRef<'a, T, R> {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		Debug::fmt(&**self, f)
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: Display + ?Sized + 'a, R: RawMutex> Display for MutexRef<'a, T, R> {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		Display::fmt(&**self, f)
+	}
+}
+
 impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawMutex> Drop for MutexRef<'a, T, R> {
 	fn drop(&mut self) {
 		// safety: this guard is being destroyed, so the data cannot be
@@ -35,6 +51,49 @@ impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawMutex> DerefMut for MutexRef<'a, T, R> {
 	}
 }
 
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawMutex> AsRef<T> for MutexRef<'a, T, R> {
+	fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
+		self
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawMutex> AsMut<T> for MutexRef<'a, T, R> {
+	fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+		self
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawMutex> MutexRef<'a, T, R> {
+	/// Creates a reference to the underlying data of a mutex without
+	/// attempting to lock it or take ownership of the key.
+
+	// This might be useful to export, because it makes it easier to express
+	// the concept of: "Get the data out the mutex but don't lock it or take
+	// the key". But it's also quite dangerous to drop.
+	pub(crate) unsafe fn new(mutex: &'a Mutex<T, R>) -> Self {
+		Self(mutex, PhantomData)
+	}
+}
+
+// it's kinda annoying to re-implement some of this stuff on guards
+// there's nothing i can do about that
+
+impl<'a, 'key, T: Debug + ?Sized + 'a, Key: Keyable + 'key, R: RawMutex> Debug
+	for MutexGuard<'a, 'key, T, Key, R>
+{
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		Debug::fmt(&**self, f)
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'key, T: Display + ?Sized + 'a, Key: Keyable + 'key, R: RawMutex> Display
+	for MutexGuard<'a, 'key, T, Key, R>
+{
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		Display::fmt(&**self, f)
+	}
+}
+
 impl<'a, 'key: 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, Key: Keyable, R: RawMutex> Deref
 	for MutexGuard<'a, 'key, T, Key, R>
 {
@@ -53,6 +112,22 @@ impl<'a, 'key: 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, Key: Keyable, R: RawMutex> DerefMut
 	}
 }
 
+impl<'a, 'key: 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, Key: Keyable, R: RawMutex> AsRef<T>
+	for MutexGuard<'a, 'key, T, Key, R>
+{
+	fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
+		self
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'key: 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, Key: Keyable, R: RawMutex> AsMut<T>
+	for MutexGuard<'a, 'key, T, Key, R>
+{
+	fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+		self
+	}
+}
+
 impl<'a, 'key: 'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, Key: Keyable, R: RawMutex> MutexGuard<'a, 'key, T, Key, R> {
 	/// Create a guard to the given mutex. Undefined if multiple guards to the
 	/// same mutex exist at once.