This begins a rewrite of some sections the tutorial as an introduction
to concepts through the implementation of a simple data structure. I
think this would be a good way to introduce references, traits and many
other concepts too. For example, the section introducing alternatives to
ownership can demonstrate a persistent list.
This replaces the old section on managed pointers because the syntax is
going to be removed and it's currently feature gated so the examples
don't work out-of-the-box. Dynamic mutability coverage can be added
after the `Mut<T>` work has landed.
This section desperately needs to be expanded, but removing the
misleading/incorrect information is a priority.
Managed vectors/strings are not covered, as they are feature-gated and
are only a micro-optimization to avoid double-indirection.
Closes#6882
This section desperately needs to be expanded, but removing the
misleading/incorrect information is a priority.
Managed vectors/strings are not covered, as they are feature-gated and
are only a micro-optimization to avoid double-indirection.
Closes#6882
To keep consistency with the word "borrowing" I suppose an alternate way to write this could be "Having an object borrow an immutable pointer freezes it and prevents mutation".
This removes the warning "Note" about visibility not being fully defined, as it
should now be considered fully defined with further bugs being considered just
bugs in the implementation.
A few features are now hidden behind various #[feature(...)] directives. These
include struct-like enum variants, glob imports, and macro_rules! invocations.
Closes#9304Closes#9305Closes#9306Closes#9331
It is simply defined as `f64` across every platform right now.
A use case hasn't been presented for a `float` type defined as the
highest precision floating point type implemented in hardware on the
platform. Performance-wise, using the smallest precision correct for the
use case greatly saves on cache space and allows for fitting more
numbers into SSE/AVX registers.
If there was a use case, this could be implemented as simply a type
alias or a struct thanks to `#[cfg(...)]`.
Closes#6592
The mailing list thread, for reference:
https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-July/004632.html
Three things in this commit:
1. Actually build the rustpkg tutorial. I didn't know I needed this when
I first wrote it.
2. Link to it rather than the manual from the
tutorial.
3. Update the headers: most of them were one level too deeply
nested.
Three things in this commit:
1. Actually build the rustpkg tutorial. I didn't know I needed this when
I first wrote it.
2. Link to it rather than the manual from the
tutorial.
3. Update the headers: most of them were one level too deeply
nested.
