borsh/src/ser/helpers.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::__private::maybestd::{
     vec::Vec,
 };
 
-const DEFAULT_SERIALIZER_CAPACITY: usize = 1024;
+pub(super) const DEFAULT_SERIALIZER_CAPACITY: usize = 1024;
 
 /// Serialize an object into a vector of bytes.
 pub fn to_vec<T>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>

borsh/src/ser/mod.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ pub(crate) mod helpers;
 pub trait BorshSerialize {
     fn serialize<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<()>;
 
+    /// Serialize this instance into a vector of bytes.
+    #[deprecated = "use `borsh::to_vec(&object)` instead"]
+    fn try_to_vec(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(helpers::DEFAULT_SERIALIZER_CAPACITY);
+        self.serialize(&mut result)?;
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     #[doc(hidden)]
     fn u8_slice(slice: &[Self]) -> Option<&[u8]>