Do not use CString in the examples of CStr.

Fixes .
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Marijn Schouten 2025-01-28 15:17:44 +01:00 committed by Marijn Schouten
parent aa6f5ab18e
commit fc02cfd1c0

@ -55,18 +55,15 @@ use crate::{fmt, ops, slice, str};
/// Passing a Rust-originating C string: /// Passing a Rust-originating C string:
/// ///
/// ``` /// ```
/// use std::ffi::{CString, CStr}; /// use std::ffi::CStr;
/// use std::os::raw::c_char; /// use std::os::raw::c_char;
/// ///
/// fn work(data: &CStr) { /// fn work(data: &CStr) {
/// # /* Extern functions are awkward in doc comments - fake it instead /// unsafe extern "C" fn work_with(s: *const c_char) {}
/// extern "C" { fn work_with(data: *const c_char); }
/// # */ unsafe extern "C" fn work_with(s: *const c_char) {}
///
/// unsafe { work_with(data.as_ptr()) } /// unsafe { work_with(data.as_ptr()) }
/// } /// }
/// ///
/// let s = CString::new("data data data data").expect("CString::new failed"); /// let s = c"Hello world!";
/// work(&s); /// work(&s);
/// ``` /// ```
/// ///
@ -384,13 +381,12 @@ impl CStr {
/// # Examples /// # Examples
/// ///
/// ``` /// ```
/// use std::ffi::{CStr, CString}; /// use std::ffi::CStr;
/// ///
/// unsafe { /// let bytes = b"Hello world!\0";
/// let cstring = CString::new("hello").expect("CString::new failed"); ///
/// let cstr = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(cstring.to_bytes_with_nul()); /// let cstr = unsafe { CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(bytes) };
/// assert_eq!(cstr, &*cstring); /// assert_eq!(cstr.to_bytes_with_nul(), bytes);
/// }
/// ``` /// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
#[must_use] #[must_use]
@ -449,38 +445,43 @@ impl CStr {
/// behavior when `ptr` is used inside the `unsafe` block: /// behavior when `ptr` is used inside the `unsafe` block:
/// ///
/// ```no_run /// ```no_run
/// # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
/// # #![expect(dangling_pointers_from_temporaries)] /// # #![expect(dangling_pointers_from_temporaries)]
/// use std::ffi::CString; /// use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
/// ///
/// // Do not do this: /// // 💀 The meaning of this entire program is undefined,
/// let ptr = CString::new("Hello").expect("CString::new failed").as_ptr(); /// // 💀 and nothing about its behavior is guaranteed,
/// unsafe { /// // 💀 not even that its behavior resembles the code as written,
/// // `ptr` is dangling /// // 💀 just because it contains a single instance of undefined behavior!
/// *ptr; ///
/// } /// // 🚨 creates a dangling pointer to a temporary `CString`
/// // 🚨 that is deallocated at the end of the statement
/// let ptr = CString::new("Hi!".to_uppercase()).unwrap().as_ptr();
///
/// // without undefined behavior, you would expect that `ptr` equals:
/// dbg!(CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"HI!\0").unwrap());
///
/// // 🙏 Possibly the program behaved as expected so far,
/// // 🙏 and this just shows `ptr` is now garbage..., but
/// // 💀 this violates `CStr::from_ptr`'s safety contract
/// // 💀 leading to a dereference of a dangling pointer,
/// // 💀 which is immediate undefined behavior.
/// // 💀 *BOOM*, you're dead, you're entire program has no meaning.
/// dbg!(unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ptr) });
/// ``` /// ```
/// ///
/// This happens because the pointer returned by `as_ptr` does not carry any /// This happens because, the pointer returned by `as_ptr` does not carry any
/// lifetime information and the `CString` is deallocated immediately after /// lifetime information, and the `CString` is deallocated immediately after
/// the `CString::new("Hello").expect("CString::new failed").as_ptr()` /// the expression that it is part of has been evaluated.
/// expression is evaluated.
/// To fix the problem, bind the `CString` to a local variable: /// To fix the problem, bind the `CString` to a local variable:
/// ///
/// ```no_run
/// # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
/// use std::ffi::CString;
///
/// let hello = CString::new("Hello").expect("CString::new failed");
/// let ptr = hello.as_ptr();
/// unsafe {
/// // `ptr` is valid because `hello` is in scope
/// *ptr;
/// }
/// ``` /// ```
/// use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
/// ///
/// This way, the lifetime of the `CString` in `hello` encompasses /// let c_str = CString::new("Hi!".to_uppercase()).unwrap();
/// the lifetime of `ptr` and the `unsafe` block. /// let ptr = c_str.as_ptr();
///
/// assert_eq!(unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ptr) }, c"HI!");
/// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
#[must_use] #[must_use]
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]