From 9aa69d3b520bbab70d45bdb585782467dab95398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Douglas Wilson <douglas.wilson@quantinuum.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:58:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add HugrView impls for Box and Cow

---
 hugr-core/src/hugr/internal.rs    | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 hugr-core/src/hugr/views/impls.rs | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hugr-core/src/hugr/internal.rs b/hugr-core/src/hugr/internal.rs
index ef9030557..3f1c6b6ff 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/hugr/internal.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/hugr/internal.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Internal traits, not exposed in the public `hugr` API.
 
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ops::Range;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -112,6 +113,33 @@ impl<T: HugrInternals> HugrInternals for Arc<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: HugrInternals> HugrInternals for Box<T> {
+    type Portgraph<'p>
+        = T::Portgraph<'p>
+    where
+        Self: 'p;
+    delegate! {
+        to (**self) {
+            fn portgraph(&self) -> Self::Portgraph<'_>;
+            fn base_hugr(&self) -> &Hugr;
+            fn root_node(&self) -> Node;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: HugrInternals + ToOwned> HugrInternals for Cow<'_, T> {
+    type Portgraph<'p>
+        = T::Portgraph<'p>
+    where
+        Self: 'p;
+    delegate! {
+        to self.as_ref() {
+            fn portgraph(&self) -> Self::Portgraph<'_>;
+            fn base_hugr(&self) -> &Hugr;
+            fn root_node(&self) -> Node;
+        }
+    }
+}
 /// Trait for accessing the mutable internals of a Hugr(Mut).
 ///
 /// Specifically, this trait lets you apply arbitrary modifications that may
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/hugr/views/impls.rs b/hugr-core/src/hugr/views/impls.rs
index 634654d4f..4b86f18ba 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/hugr/views/impls.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/hugr/views/impls.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, rc::Rc};
 
 use delegate::delegate;
 
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ impl<T: HugrView> HugrView for Arc<T> {
     hugr_view_methods! {this, this.as_ref()}
 }
 
+impl<T: HugrView> HugrView for Box<T> {
+    hugr_view_methods! {this, this.as_ref()}
+}
+
+impl<T: HugrView + ToOwned> HugrView for Cow<'_, T> {
+    hugr_view_methods! {this, this.as_ref()}
+}
+
 impl<H: AsRef<Hugr>, Root> HugrView for RootChecked<H, Root> {
     hugr_view_methods! {this, this.as_ref()}
 }