for `~str`/`~[]`.
Note that `~self` still remains, since I forgot to add support for
`Box<self>` before the snapshot.
How to update your code:
* Instead of `~EXPR`, you should write `box EXPR`.
* Instead of `~TYPE`, you should write `Box<Type>`.
* Instead of `~PATTERN`, you should write `box PATTERN`.
[breaking-change]
Turning a `&T` into an `&mut T` carries a large risk of undefined
behaviour, and needs to be done very very carefully. Providing a
convenience function for exactly this task is a bad idea, just tempting
people into doing the wrong thing.
The right thing is to use types like `Cell`, `RefCell` or `Unsafe`.
For memory safety, Rust has that guarantee that `&mut` pointers do not
alias with any other pointer, that is, if you have a `&mut T` then that
is the only usable pointer to that `T`. This allows Rust to assume that
writes through a `&mut T` do not affect the values of any other `&` or
`&mut` references. `&` pointers have no guarantees about aliasing or
not, so it's entirely possible for the same pointer to be passed into
both arguments of a function like
fn foo(x: &int, y: &int) { ... }
Converting either of `x` or `y` to a `&mut` pointer and modifying it
would affect the other value: invalid behaviour.
(Similarly, it's undefined behaviour to modify the value of an immutable
local, like `let x = 1;`.)
At a low-level, the *only* safe way to obtain an `&mut` out of a `&` is
using the `Unsafe` type (there are higher level wrappers around it, like
`Cell`, `RefCell`, `Mutex` etc.). The `Unsafe` type is registered with
the compiler so that it can reason a little about these `&` to `&mut`
casts, but it is still up to the user to ensure that the `&mut`s
obtained out of an `Unsafe` never alias.
(Note that *any* conversion from `&` to `&mut` can be invalid, including
a plain `transmute`, or casting `&T` -> `*T` -> `*mut T` -> `&mut T`.)
[breaking-change]
Closes#13285 (rustc: Stop using LLVMGetSectionName)
Closes#13280 (std: override clone_from for Vec.)
Closes#13277 (serialize: add a few missing pubs to base64)
Closes#13275 (Add and remove some ignore-win32 flags)
Closes#13273 (Removed managed boxes from libarena.)
Closes#13270 (Minor copy-editing for the tutorial)
Closes#13267 (fix Option<~ZeroSizeType>)
Closes#13265 (Update emacs mode to support new `#![inner(attribute)]` syntax.)
Closes#13263 (syntax: Remove AbiSet, use one Abi)
`collections::list::List` was decided in a [team meeting](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Meeting-weekly-2014-03-25) that it was unnecessary, so this PR removes it. Additionally, it removes an old and redundant purity test and fixes some warnings.
Summary:
So far, we've used the term POD "Plain Old Data" to refer to types that
can be safely copied. However, this term is not consistent with the
other built-in bounds that use verbs instead. This patch renames the Pod
kind into Copy.
RFC: 0003-opt-in-builtin-traits
Test Plan: make check
Reviewers: cmr
Differential Revision: http://phabricator.octayn.net/D3
Before:
test test::bench_nonpod_nonarena ... bench: 62 ns/iter (+/- 6)
test test::bench_pod_nonarena ... bench: 0 ns/iter (+/- 0)
After:
test test::bench_nonpod_nonarena ... bench: 158 ns/iter (+/- 11)
test test::bench_pod_nonarena ... bench: 48 ns/iter (+/- 2)
The other tests show no change, but are adjusted to use the generic
return value of `.iter` anyway so that this doesn't change in future.
In line with the dissolution of libextra - #8784 - moves arena to its own library libarena.
Changes based on PR #11787. Updates .gitignore to ignore doc/arena.
