From 4555845131c3e9a405938c7a391cc0414c76e532 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=B1?= <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:41:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Deserializer<ReadRefReader>::get_ref() returns the
 original slice, not the underlying reader

Sponsored-by: https://beaverlabs.net
---
 rmp-serde/src/decode.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs b/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
index 2c71e3bc..4ecb59f6 100644
--- a/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
+++ b/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    /// Gets a reference to the underlying reader in this decoder.
+    /// Gets a reference to the original slice
     #[inline(always)]
     #[must_use]
     pub fn get_ref(&self) -> &R {

From 1e3d2176180105a86e7624b7c7c1b254dbc9664a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=B1?= <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:42:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Deserializer<ReadRefReader>: expose
 previously-unreachable ReadRefReader::remaining_slice()

Sponsored-by: https://beaverlabs.net
---
 rmp-serde/src/decode.rs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs b/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
index 4ecb59f6..0ffb3cef 100644
--- a/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
+++ b/rmp-serde/src/decode.rs
@@ -301,6 +301,13 @@ where
     pub fn get_ref(&self) -> &R {
         self.rd.whole_slice
     }
+
+    /// Returns the part that hasn't been consumed yet
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn remaining_slice(&self) -> &'de [u8] {
+        self.rd.remaining_slice()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'de, R: ReadSlice<'de>, C: SerializerConfig> Deserializer<R, C> {
@@ -1071,7 +1078,7 @@ pub struct ReadRefReader<'a, R: ?Sized> {
     buf: &'a [u8],
 }
 
-impl<'a, T> ReadRefReader<'a, T> {
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized> ReadRefReader<'a, T> {
     /// Returns the part that hasn't been consumed yet
     #[must_use]
     pub const fn remaining_slice(&self) -> &'a [u8] {