From 4437e8f61637b30bfa0205ea4738f2029989305a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hewitt <mail@davidhewitt.dev>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 09:07:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add `Py::as_any` and `Py::into_any`

---
 newsfragments/3785.added.md |  1 +
 src/instance.rs             | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/3785.added.md

diff --git a/newsfragments/3785.added.md b/newsfragments/3785.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6af3bb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/3785.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `Py::as_any` and `Py::into_any`.
diff --git a/src/instance.rs b/src/instance.rs
index b388fb9d..87880e09 100644
--- a/src/instance.rs
+++ b/src/instance.rs
@@ -199,10 +199,7 @@ impl<'py, T> Bound<'py, T> {
     /// Helper to cast to `Bound<'py, PyAny>`, transferring ownership.
     pub fn into_any(self) -> Bound<'py, PyAny> {
         // Safety: all Bound<T> are valid Bound<PyAny>
-        Bound(
-            self.0,
-            ManuallyDrop::new(unsafe { Py::from_non_null(self.into_non_null()) }),
-        )
+        Bound(self.0, ManuallyDrop::new(self.unbind().into_any()))
     }
 
     /// Casts this `Bound<T>` to a `Borrowed<T>` smart pointer.
@@ -721,6 +718,19 @@ impl<T> Py<T> {
         std::mem::forget(self);
         ptr
     }
+
+    /// Helper to cast to `Py<PyAny>`.
+    pub fn as_any(&self) -> &Py<PyAny> {
+        // Safety: all Py<T> have the same memory layout, and all Py<T> are valid
+        // Py<PyAny>, so pointer casting is valid.
+        unsafe { &*(self as *const Self).cast::<Py<PyAny>>() }
+    }
+
+    /// Helper to cast to `Py<PyAny>`, transferring ownership.
+    pub fn into_any(self) -> Py<PyAny> {
+        // Safety: all Py<T> are valid Py<PyAny>
+        unsafe { Py::from_non_null(self.into_non_null()) }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T> Py<T>