Tracking Issue for unsized const parameter types: feature(unsized_const_params) #128028

This is a tracking issue for supporting unsized types in const generics.
The feature gate for the issue is #![feature(unsized_const_params)].

About tracking issues

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Steps

Most of the work here will be coordinated in the #project-const-generics stream on zulip.

• Experiment with supporting { *"hi" } as a const argument to const N: str
• Resolve How should const generics with references work around pointer identity and padding? #120961 somehow (e.g. by forbidding references if the previous step works out)
• Author an RFC for the feature
• Adjust documentation (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide)
• Stabilization PR (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide) merges the ConstParamTy and UnsizedConstParamTy traits

Unresolved Questions

• Can we forbid references and support !Sized types some other way

Implementation history

• Feature was split out of adt_const_params in Forbid borrows and unsized types from being used as the type of a const generic under adt_const_params #127722

cc @rust-lang/project-const-generics