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Author SHA1 Message Date
C
17593f258b refactor: moving Splice into splice.rs 2020-12-29 14:03:29 +00:00
C
434e5d1422 refactor: moving DrainFilter into drain_filter.rs 2020-12-29 14:03:29 +00:00
C
5182776c6c refactor: moving vec.rs to vec/mod.rs 2020-12-29 14:03:29 +00:00
bors
158f8d034b Auto merge of #80014 - jyn514:box-item-kind, r=nnethercote
[rustdoc] Box ItemKind to reduce the size of `Item`

This brings the size of `Item` from

```
[src/librustdoc/lib.rs:103] std::mem::size_of::<Item>() = 536
```

to

```
[src/librustdoc/lib.rs:103] std::mem::size_of::<Item>() = 136
```

This is an alternative to https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/79967; I don't think it makes sense to make both changes.

Helps with #79103.
2020-12-29 10:41:01 +00:00
bors
e2a2592885 Auto merge of #79084 - simonvandel:instcombine-perf, r=oli-obk
Small perf changes for InstCombine
2020-12-29 06:21:18 +00:00
Joshua Nelson
5fce0dd787 Add static assertion for the size of ItemKind 2020-12-29 00:43:25 -05:00
bors
d75f48e04d Auto merge of #80449 - m-ou-se:rollup-kp2e5n8, r=m-ou-se
Rollup of 11 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #80383 (clarify wrapping ptr arithmetic docs)
 - #80390 (BTreeMap: rename the area access methods)
 - #80393 (Add links to the source for the rustc and rustdoc books.)
 - #80398 (Use raw version of align_of in rc data_offset)
 - #80402 (Document `InferTy` & co.)
 - #80403 (fix: small typo error in chalk/mod.rs)
 - #80410 (rustdoc book: fix example)
 - #80419 (Add regression test for #80375)
 - #80430 (Add "length" as doc alias to len methods)
 - #80431 (Add "chr" as doc alias to char::from_u32)
 - #80448 (Fix stabilization version of deque_range feature.)

Failed merges:

r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
2020-12-29 00:16:54 +00:00
Simon Vandel Sillesen
0010fc8fec use exhaustive pattern match to prevent future bugs 2020-12-28 23:19:35 +01:00
Mara Bos
e3d26e007c
Rollup merge of #80448 - m-ou-se:deque-range-version, r=m-ou-se
Fix stabilization version of deque_range feature.

See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/79022#issuecomment-751315315
2020-12-28 19:09:35 +00:00
Mara Bos
5a081620b0
Rollup merge of #80431 - xfix:add-chr-as-doc-alias, r=steveklabnik
Add "chr" as doc alias to char::from_u32

Many programming languages provide a function called `chr` - Perl, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, SQL. This change makes `char::from_u32` easier to discover in the documentation.

`ord` is not added as its name conflicts with `Ord` trait, and it's not exactly clear what it could point to (`<u32 as From<char>>::from`?). I don't think it's exactly necessary, as `char::from_u32` documentation page says you can do reverse conversion with `as` operator anyway.
2020-12-28 19:09:34 +00:00
Mara Bos
e351a3b2ec
Rollup merge of #80430 - xfix:add-length-as-doc-alias, r=steveklabnik
Add "length" as doc alias to len methods

Currently when searching for `length` there are no results: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/?search=length. This makes `len` methods appear when searching for `length`.
2020-12-28 19:09:32 +00:00
Mara Bos
a570928902
Rollup merge of #80419 - LeSeulArtichaut:80375-test-case, r=lcnr
Add regression test for #80375

This will also make sure that #80375 is handled if #79135 has to be reverted (which won't happen 🤞).

Closes #80375.
r? `@lcnr`
2020-12-28 19:09:31 +00:00
Mara Bos
7800c70fab
Rollup merge of #80410 - MarcoIeni:patch-1, r=jonas-schievink
rustdoc book: fix example

`lib.rs` file is created only if `--lib` flag is specified
2020-12-28 19:09:29 +00:00
Mara Bos
8b43932ae2
Rollup merge of #80403 - 0xflotus:patch-1, r=jyn514
fix: small typo error in chalk/mod.rs
2020-12-28 19:09:27 +00:00
Mara Bos
803b37597e
Rollup merge of #80402 - camelid:inferty-docs, r=matthewjasper
Document `InferTy` & co.

I finally figured out what `TyVid` means! The name is quite opaque, so I
decided to document it and related types.

I don't know that much about `InferTy` & co., but I was able to *infer*
( :) ) from the names and what I know generally about type inference to
add some basic documentation.
2020-12-28 19:09:25 +00:00
Mara Bos
7003537df6
Rollup merge of #80398 - CAD97:fix-80365, r=dtolnay
Use raw version of align_of in rc data_offset

This was missed in #73845 when switching to use the raw operators.
Fixes #80365
2020-12-28 19:09:24 +00:00
Mara Bos
bae6475443
Rollup merge of #80393 - ehuss:doc-git-link, r=jyn514
Add links to the source for the rustc and rustdoc books.

This adds a little icon in the upper-right corner of the books so that readers can find the source if they want to make changes or file issues. This is already included in several of the other books.
2020-12-28 19:09:22 +00:00
Mara Bos
255fde3f46
Rollup merge of #80390 - ssomers:btree_cleanup_slices_2, r=Mark-Simulacrum
BTreeMap: rename the area access methods

r? `@Mark-Simulacrum`
2020-12-28 19:09:20 +00:00
Mara Bos
9fdd95ff7c
Rollup merge of #80383 - RalfJung:wrapping-ptr-arithmetic, r=dtolnay
clarify wrapping ptr arithmetic docs

Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/80306

`@steffahn` please let me know if this helps avoid the misunderstanding. :)
2020-12-28 19:09:18 +00:00
Mara Bos
10d6ff71e8 Fix stabilization version of deque_range feature. 2020-12-28 20:04:27 +01:00
bors
2987785df3 Auto merge of #80439 - Dylan-DPC:rollup-rdxcvon, r=Dylan-DPC
Rollup of 11 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #79662 (Move some more code out of CodegenBackend::{codegen_crate,link})
 - #79815 (Update RELEASES.md for 1.49.0)
 - #80284 (Suggest fn ptr rather than fn item and suggest to use `Fn` trait bounds rather than the unique closure type in E0121)
 - #80331 (Add more comments to trait queries)
 - #80344 (use matches!() macro in more places)
 - #80353 (BTreeMap: test split_off (and append) more thoroughly)
 - #80362 (Document rustc_macros on nightly-rustc)
 - #80399 (Remove FIXME in rustc_privacy)
 - #80408 (Sync rustc_codegen_cranelift)
 - #80411 (rustc_span: Remove `Symbol::with`)
 - #80434 (bootstrap: put the component name in the tarball temp dir path)

Failed merges:

r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
2020-12-28 15:57:50 +00:00
Dylan DPC
a4a59a0f17
Rollup merge of #80434 - pietroalbini:tarball-temp-dir, r=Mark-Simulacrum
bootstrap: put the component name in the tarball temp dir path

This should not matter right now, but if we ever parallelize rustbuild this will avoid tarball contents being merged together.

r? `@Mark-Simulacrum`
2020-12-28 14:13:23 +01:00
Dylan DPC
80934aba15
Rollup merge of #80411 - petrochenkov:nosymwith, r=matthewjasper
rustc_span: Remove `Symbol::with`

A subset of https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/79425 that is a pure refactoring.
2020-12-28 14:13:21 +01:00
Dylan DPC
55b52ee339
Rollup merge of #80408 - bjorn3:sync_cg_clif-2020-12-27, r=bjorn3
Sync rustc_codegen_cranelift

The highlight of this sync are two JIT mode improvements. The first is that it is now possible to use JIT mode when using `-Zcodegen-backend` instead of the custom driver using `-Cllvm-args=mode=jit`. The second one is a new JIT mode that lazily compiles functions when they are called the first time: https://github.com/bjorn3/rustc_codegen_cranelift/pull/1120

In addition this includes a few small runtime performance improvements and various fixes for rustc changes that didn't cause compilation to fail.

r? ``@ghost``

``@rustbot`` label +A-codegen +A-cranelift +T-compiler
2020-12-28 14:13:19 +01:00
Dylan DPC
70b1a29b80
Rollup merge of #80399 - jyn514:hir-id-cleanup, r=marmeladema
Remove FIXME in rustc_privacy

#71104 has been fixed.

r? ``@marmeladema`` if you have time, otherwise ``@petrochenkov``
2020-12-28 14:13:17 +01:00
Dylan DPC
18be436550
Rollup merge of #80362 - jyn514:rustc-macros, r=ehuss
Document rustc_macros on nightly-rustc

Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/80345.

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23638587/103113442-b7ba2d00-4628-11eb-8a4d-c542f2d170e1.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23638587/103113448-bc7ee100-4628-11eb-8657-2d72e88de656.png)

r? ``@ehuss``
2020-12-28 14:13:16 +01:00
Dylan DPC
cefe40bb0c
Rollup merge of #80353 - ssomers:btree_test_split_off, r=Mark-Simulacrum
BTreeMap: test split_off (and append) more thoroughly

Using DeterministicRng as a poor man's property based testing rig.
r? ``@Mark-Simulacrum``
2020-12-28 14:13:14 +01:00
Dylan DPC
c51172f38a
Rollup merge of #80344 - matthiaskrgr:matches, r=Dylan-DPC
use matches!() macro in more places
2020-12-28 14:13:12 +01:00
Dylan DPC
3f8c979c4b
Rollup merge of #80331 - jyn514:docs, r=varkor
Add more comments to trait queries

This also adds back a comment that was mistakenly removed in
ac9dfc3e77.
2020-12-28 14:13:10 +01:00
Dylan DPC
12ac312351
Rollup merge of #80284 - ThePuzzlemaker:issue-80179-fix, r=varkor
Suggest fn ptr rather than fn item and suggest to use `Fn` trait bounds rather than the unique closure type in E0121

Previously, using `_` as a return type in a function that returned a function/closure would provide a diagnostic that would cause a papercut. For example:
```rust
fn f() -> i32 { 0 }
fn fn_ptr() -> _ { f }
fn closure() -> _ { || 0 }
```
would result in this diagnostic:
```rust
error[E0121]: the type placeholder `_` is not allowed within types on item signatures
 --> <anon>:2:16
  |
2 | fn fn_ptr() -> _ { f }
  |                ^
  |                |
  |                not allowed in type signatures
  |                help: replace with the correct return type: `fn() -> i32 {f}`

error[E0121]: the type placeholder `_` is not allowed within types on item signatures
 --> <anon>:3:17
  |
3 | fn closure() -> _ { || 0 }
  |                 ^
  |                 |
  |                 not allowed in type signatures
  |                 help: replace with the correct return type: `[closure@<anon>:3:21: 3:25]`

error: aborting due to 2 previous errors

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0121`.
```
As can be seen, it was suggested to use the function definition return type `fn() -> i32 { f }` which is not valid syntax as a return type. Additionally, closures cause a papercut as unique closure types (notated in this case as `[closure@<anon>:3:21: 3:25]`) are not valid syntax either.

Instead, this PR implements this version of the diagnostic (this example is for the same code featured above):
```rust
error[E0121]: the type placeholder `_` is not allowed within types on item signatures
 --> <anon>:2:16
  |
2 | fn fn_ptr() -> _ { f }
  |                ^
  |                |
  |                not allowed in type signatures
  |                help: replace with the correct return type: `fn() -> i32`

error[E0121]: the type placeholder `_` is not allowed within types on item signatures
 --> <anon>:3:17
  |
3 | fn closure() -> _ { || 0 }
  |                 ^ not allowed in type signatures
  |
  = help: consider using an `Fn`, `FnMut`, or `FnOnce` trait bound
  = note: for more information on `Fn` traits and closure types, see https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch13-01-closures.html

error: aborting due to 2 previous errors

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0121`.
```
As can be seen in this diagnostic, the papercut for returning a function item is fixed by suggesting the usage of a function pointer as the return type. As for closures, it's suggested to use an `Fn`, `FnMut`, or `FnOnce` trait bound (with further reading on closures and `Fn` traits in *The Book* for beginners). I did not implement a suggestion to use `impl Fn() -> i32` syntax as that was out-of-scope for my abilities at the moment, therefore someone in the future may want to implement that. Also, it's possible to use either `impl Trait` syntax, generics, or generics with a `where` clause, and some users may not want to use `impl Trait` syntax for their own reasons.

This PR fixes #80179.
2020-12-28 14:13:08 +01:00
Dylan DPC
d3c43ac244
Rollup merge of #79815 - XAMPPRocky:relnotes-1.49.0, r=Mark-Simulacrum
Update RELEASES.md for 1.49.0

### [Rendered](https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/rust/tree/relnotes-1.49.0/RELEASES.md)

r? ``@Mark-Simulacrum``
cc ``@rust-lang/release``
2020-12-28 14:13:06 +01:00
Dylan DPC
98d80bda01
Rollup merge of #79662 - bjorn3:move_more_code_out_of_codegen_backend, r=oli-obk
Move some more code out of CodegenBackend::{codegen_crate,link}

Kind of a follow up to #77795
2020-12-28 14:12:59 +01:00
Pietro Albini
f994f1e884
bootstrap: put the component name in the tarball temp dir path
This should not matter right now, but if we ever parallelize rustbuild
this will avoid tarball contents being merged together.
2020-12-28 12:51:58 +01:00
bors
76aca6659a Auto merge of #78454 - bugadani:cyclic, r=oli-obk
MIR Body: Cache result of `is_cyclic` call
2020-12-28 11:25:33 +00:00
Konrad Borowski
b3be9e1092 Add "chr" as doc alias to char::from_u32 2020-12-28 09:29:42 +01:00
bors
aef92d44e4 Auto merge of #80397 - Mark-Simulacrum:fix-bare-tarball, r=pietroalbini
Use package name for top-level directory in bare tarballs

This fixes a bug introduced by #79788.

r? `@pietroalbini`
2020-12-28 08:29:02 +00:00
Konrad Borowski
9e779986aa Add "length" as doc alias to len methods 2020-12-28 09:13:46 +01:00
bors
6c523a7a0e Auto merge of #80422 - RalfJung:weak-no-unsized-raw, r=Mark-Simulacrum
de-stabilize unsized raw ptr methods for Weak

`@Mark-Simulacrum` this is the patch re: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/80407.

I couldn't figure out the branch it needs to go on though, stable is still the old stable but beta already the new beta...?
2020-12-28 00:00:43 +00:00
Ralf Jung
8e0b7f988e de-stabilize unsized raw ptr methods for Weak 2020-12-28 00:39:09 +01:00
Camelid
cdad0c80ef
Also show the displayed version of IntVar and FloatVar
Co-authored-by: Joshua Nelson <joshua@yottadb.com>
2020-12-27 11:05:40 -08:00
bors
257becbfe4 Auto merge of #80181 - jyn514:intra-doc-primitives, r=Manishearth
Fix intra-doc links for non-path primitives

This does *not* currently work for associated items that are
auto-implemented by the compiler (e.g. `never::eq`), because they aren't
present in the source code. I plan to fix this in a follow-up PR.

Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/63351 using the approach mentioned in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/63351#issuecomment-683352130.

r? `@Manishearth`

cc `@petrochenkov` - this makes `rustc_resolve::Res` public, is that ok? I'd just add an identical type alias in rustdoc if not, which seems a waste.
2020-12-27 18:55:33 +00:00
LeSeulArtichaut
fcc88fab6c Add regression test for #80375 2020-12-27 19:34:33 +01:00
bors
76188b6830 Auto merge of #80315 - tmiasko:ignore-proc-macros, r=Mark-Simulacrum
Ignore proc-macros when assembling rustc libdir

Fixes #80294.
2020-12-27 16:03:01 +00:00
Vadim Petrochenkov
0ae998e122 rustc_span: Remove Symbol::with 2020-12-27 18:10:58 +03:00
bors
2fab321435 Auto merge of #79134 - ohadravid:nzint-div, r=dtolnay
Add `impl Div<NonZeroU{0}> for u{0}` which cannot panic

Dividing an unsigned int by a `NonZeroUxx` requires a user to write (for example, in [this SO question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64855738/how-to-inform-the-optimizer-that-nonzerou32get-will-never-return-zero)):

```
pub fn safe_div(x: u32, y: std::num::NonZeroU32) -> u32 {
    x / y.get()
}
```

which generates a panicking-checked-div [assembly](https://godbolt.org/#g:!((g:!((g:!((h:codeEditor,i:(fontScale:14,j:1,lang:rust,selection:(endColumn:2,endLineNumber:6,positionColumn:2,positionLineNumber:6,selectionStartColumn:2,selectionStartLineNumber:6,startColumn:2,startLineNumber:6),source:%27pub+fn+div(x:+u32,+y:+u32)+-%3E+u32+%7B%0A++++x+/+y%0A%7D%0Apub+fn+safe_div(x:+u32,+y:+std::num::NonZeroU32)+-%3E+u32+%7B%0A++++x+/+y.get()+//+an+unchecked+division+expected%0A%7D%27),l:%275%27,n:%270%27,o:%27Rust+source+%231%27,t:%270%27)),k:50,l:%274%27,n:%270%27,o:%27%27,s:0,t:%270%27),(g:!((h:compiler,i:(compiler:r1470,filters:(b:%270%27,binary:%271%27,commentOnly:%270%27,demangle:%270%27,directives:%270%27,execute:%271%27,intel:%270%27,libraryCode:%271%27,trim:%271%27),fontScale:14,j:1,lang:rust,libs:!(),options:%27-O%27,selection:(endColumn:1,endLineNumber:1,positionColumn:1,positionLineNumber:1,selectionStartColumn:1,selectionStartLineNumber:1,startColumn:1,startLineNumber:1),source:1),l:%275%27,n:%270%27,o:%27rustc+1.47.0+(Editor+%231,+Compiler+%231)+Rust%27,t:%270%27)),k:50,l:%274%27,n:%270%27,o:%27%27,s:0,t:%270%27)),l:%272%27,n:%270%27,o:%27%27,t:%270%27)),version:4).
Avoiding the `panic` currently requires `unsafe` code.

This PR adds an `impl Div<NonZeroU{0}> for u{0}` (and `impl Rem<NonZeroU{0}> for u{0}`) which calls the `unchecked_div` (and `unchecked_rem`) intrinsic without any additional checks,
making the following code compile:

```
pub fn safe_div(x: u32, y: std::num::NonZeroU32) -> u32 {
    x / y
}

pub fn safe_rem(x: u32, y: std::num::NonZeroU32) -> u32 {
    x % y
}
```

The doc is set to match the regular div impl [docs](https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/src/core/ops/arith.rs.html#460).

I've marked these as stable because (as I understand it) trait impls are automatically stable. I'm happy to change it to unstable if needed.

Following `@dtolnay` template from a similar issue:
this adds the following **stable** impls, which rely on dividing unsigned integers by nonzero integers being well defined and previously would have involved unsafe code to encode that knowledge:
```
impl Div<NonZeroU8> for u8 {
    type Output = u8;
}

impl Rem<NonZeroU8> for u8 {
    type Output = u8;
}
```
and equivalent for u16, u32, u64, u128, usize, but **not** for i8, i16, i32, i64, i128, isize (since -1/MIN is undefined).

r? `@dtolnay`
2020-12-27 13:11:06 +00:00
Marco Ieni
f57152f640
rustdoc book: fix example 2020-12-27 14:10:00 +01:00
David Tolnay
9586643912
Bump nonzero_div feature to Rust 1.51 2020-12-27 03:17:30 -08:00
bors
dc6121ca68 Auto merge of #79642 - ijackson:default-theme-stab, r=jyn514
rustdoc: stabilise --default-theme command line option

As discussed in #77213, this seems like it has bedded in and can be safely and usefully made stable.

(rustdoc already has other stable options that interact quite intimately with the rustdoc-supplied CSS, and also an option for supplying entirely different CSS, so exposing the theme names this way seems a very minor step.)

There is also a commit to do some minor grammar fixes to the help message.
2020-12-27 09:55:51 +00:00
bjorn3
52cf01c815 Merge commit 'dbee13661efa269cb4cd57bb4c6b99a19732b484' into sync_cg_clif-2020-12-27 2020-12-27 10:30:38 +01:00
bors
1d517afcd0 Auto merge of #79135 - lcnr:the-paleogenesis-of-generic-germination, r=varkor
stabilize `#![feature(min_const_generics)]` in 1.51

*A new Kind*
*A Sort long Prophesized*
*Once Fragile, now Eternal*

blocked on #79073.

# Stabilization report

This is the stabilization report for `#![feature(min_const_generics)]` (tracking issue #74878), a subset of `#![feature(const_generics)]` (tracking issue #44580), based on rust-lang/rfcs#2000.

The [version target](https://forge.rust-lang.org/#current-release-versions) is ~~1.50 (2020-12-31 => beta, 2021-02-11 => stable)~~ 1.51 (2021-02-111 => beta, 2021-03-25 => stable).

This report is a collaborative effort of `@varkor,` `@shepmaster` and `@lcnr.`

## Summary

It is currently possible to parameterize functions, type aliases, types, traits and implementations by types and lifetimes.
With `#![feature(min_const_generics)]`, it becomes possible, in addition, to parameterize these by constants.

This is done using the syntax `const IDENT: Type` in the parameter listing. Unlike full const generics, `min_const_generics` is limited to parameterization by integers, and constants of type `char` or `bool`.

We already use `#![feature(min_const_generics)]` on stable to implement many common traits for arrays. See [the documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.array.html) for specific examples.

Generic const arguments, for now, are not permitted to involve computations depending on generic parameters. This means that const parameters may only be instantiated using either:

1. const expressions that do not depend on any generic parameters, e.g. `{ foo() + 1 }`, where `foo` is a `const fn`
1. standalone const parameters, e.g. `{N}`

### Example

```rust
#![feature(min_const_generics)]

trait Foo<const N: usize> {
    fn method<const M: usize>(&mut self, arr: [[u8; M]; N]);
}

struct Bar<T, const N: usize> {
    inner: [T; N],
}

impl<const N: usize> Foo<N> for Bar<u8, N> {
    fn method<const M: usize>(&mut self, arr: [[u8; M]; N]) {
        for (elem, s) in self.inner.iter_mut().zip(arr.iter()) {
            for &x in s {
                *elem &= x;
            }
        }
    }
}

fn function<const N: u16>() -> u16 {
    // Const parameters can be used freely inside of functions.
    (N + 1) / 2 * N
}

fn main() {
    let mut bar = Bar { inner: [0xff; 3] };
    // This infers the value of `M` from the type of the function argument.
    bar.method([[0b11_00, 0b01_00], [0b00_11, 0b00_01], [0b11_00, 0b00_11]]);
    assert_eq!(bar.inner, [0b01_00, 0b00_01, 0b00_00]);

    // You can also explicitly specify the value of `N`.
    assert_eq!(function::<17>(), 153);
}
```

## Motivation

Rust has the built-in array type, which is parametric over a constant. Without const generics, this type can be quite cumbersome to use as it is not possible to generically implement a trait for arrays of different lengths. For example, this meant that, for a long time, the standard library only contained trait implementations for arrays up to a length of 32. This restriction has since been lifted through the use of const generics.

Const parameters allow users to naturally specify variants of a generic type which are more naturally parameterized by values, rather than by types. For example, using const generics, many of the uses of the crate [typenum](https://crates.io/crates/typenum) may now be replaced with const parameters, improving compilation time as well as code readability and diagnostics.

The subset described by `min_const_generics` is self-contained, but extensive enough to help with the most frequent issues: implementing traits for arrays and using arbitrarily-sized arrays inside of other types. Furthermore, it extends naturally to full `const_generics` once the remaining design and implementation questions have been resolved.

## In-depth feature description

### Declaring const parameters

*Const parameters* are allowed in all places where types and lifetimes are supported. They use the syntax `const IDENT: Type`. Currently, const parameters must be declared after lifetime and type parameters. Their scope is equal to the scope of other generic parameters. They live in the value namespace.

`Type` must be one of `u8`, `u16`, `u32`, `u64`, `u128`, `usize`, `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `i64`, `i128`, `isize`, `char` and `bool`. This restriction is implemented in two places:

1. during name resolution, where we forbid generic parameters
1. during well-formedness checking, where we only allow the types listed above

The updated syntax of parameter listings is:

```
GenericParams:
    (OuterAttr* LifetimeParam),* (OuterAttr* TypeParam),* (OuterAttr* ConstParam),*

OuterAttr: '#[' ... ']'
LifetimeParam: ...
TypeParam: ...
ConstParam: 'const' IDENT ':' Type
```

Unlike type and lifetime parameters, const parameters of types can be used without being mentioned inside of a parameterized type because const parameters do not have issues concerning variance. This means that the following types are allowed:

```rust
struct Foo<const N: usize>;
enum Bar<const M: usize> { A, B }
```

### Const arguments

Const parameters are instantiated using *const arguments*. Any concrete const expression or const parameter as a standalone argument can be used. When applying an expression as const parameter, most expressions must be contained within a block, with two exceptions:

1. literals and single-segment path expressions
1. array lengths

This syntactic restriction is necessary to avoid ambiguity, or requiring infinite lookahead when parsing an expression as a generic argument.

In the cases where a generic argument could be resolved as either a type or const argument, we always interpret it as a type. This causes the following test to fail:

```rust
type N = u32;
struct Foo<const N: usize>;
fn foo<const N: usize>() -> Foo<N> { todo!() } // ERR
```

To circumvent this, the user may wrap the const parameter with braces, at which point it is unambiguously accepted.

```rust
type N = u32;
struct Foo<const N: usize>;
fn bar<const N: usize>() -> Foo<{ N }> { todo!() } // ok
```

Operations depending on generic parameters are **not** allowed, which is enforced during well-formedness checking. Allowing generic unevaluated constants would require a way to check if they would always evaluate successfully to prevent errors that are not caught at declaration time. This ability forms part of `#![feature(const_evaluatable_checked)]`, which is not yet being stabilised.

Since we are not yet stabilizing `#![feature(lazy_normalization_consts)]`, we must not supply the parent generics to anonymous constants except for repeat expressions. Doing so can cause cycle errors for arrays used in `where`-bounds. Not supplying the parent generics can however lead to ICEs occurring before well-formedness checking when trying to use a generic parameter. See #56445 for details.

Since we expect cases like this to occur more frequently once `min_const_generics` is stabilized, we have chosen to forbid generic parameters in anonymous constants during name resolution. While this changes the ICE in the situation above to an ordinary error, this is theoretically a breaking change, as early-bound lifetimes were previously permitted in repeat expressions but now are disallowed, causing the following snippet to break:

```rust
fn late_bound<'a>() {
    let _ = [0; {
        let _: &'a (); // ICE ==> ERR
        3
    }];
}

fn early_bound<'a>() where &'a (): Sized {
    let _ = [0; {
        let _: &'a (); // ok ==> ERR
        3
    }];
}
```

### Using const parameters

Const parameters can be used almost everywhere ordinary constants are allowed, except that they may not be used in the construction of consts, statics, functions, or types inside a function body and are subject to the generic argument restrictions mentioned above.

Expressions containing const parameters are eligible for promotion:

```rust
fn test<const N: usize>() -> &'static usize {
    &(3 + N)
}
```

### Symbol mangling

See the [Rust symbol name mangling RFC](https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2603-rust-symbol-name-mangling-v0.html) for an overview. Generic const parameters take the form `K[type][value]` when the value is known, or `Kp` where the value is not known, where:
- `[type]` is any integral type, `bool`, or `char`.
- `[value]` is the unsigned hex value for integers, preceded by `n` when negative; is `0` or `1` for `bool`; is the hex value for `char`.

### Exhaustiveness checking

We do not check the exhaustiveness of impls, meaning that the following example does **not** compile:

```rust
struct Foo<const B: bool>;
trait Bar {}
impl Bar for Foo<true> {}
impl Bar for Foo<false> {}

fn needs_bar(_: impl Bar) {}
fn generic<const B: bool>() {
    let v = Foo::<B>;
    needs_bar(v);
}
```

### Type inference

The value of const parameters can be inferred during typeck. One interesting case is the length of generic arrays, which can also be inferred from patterns (implemented in #70562). Practical usage of this can be seen in #76825.

### Equality of constants

`#![feature(min_const_generics)]` only permits generic parameters to be used as standalone generic arguments. We compare two parameters to be equal if they are literally the same generic parameter.

### Associated constants

Associated constants can use const parameters without restriction, see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/79135#issuecomment-748299774 for more details.

## Future work

As this is a limited subset of rust-lang/rfcs#2000, there are quite a few extensions we will be looking into next.

### Lazy normalization of constants

Stabilizing `#![feature(lazy_normalization_consts)]` (tracking issue #72219) will remove some special cases that are currently necessary for `min_const_generics`, and unblocks operations on const parameters.

### Relaxing ordering requirements between const and type parameters

We currently restrict the order of generic parameters so that types must come before consts. We could relax this, as is currently done with `const_generics`. Without this it is not possible to use both type defaults and const parameters at the same time.

Unrestricting the order will require us to improve some diagnostics that expect there to be a strict order between type and const parameters.

### Allowing more parameter types

We would like to support const parameters of more types, especially`&str` and user-defined types. Both are blocked on [valtrees]. There are also open questions regarding the design of `structural_match` concerning the latter. Supporting generic const parameter types such as `struct Foo<T, const N: T>` will be a lot harder and is unlikely to be implemented in the near future.

### Default values of const parameters

We do not yet support default values for const parameters. There is work in progress to enable this on nightly (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/75384).

### Generic const operations

With `#![feature(min_const_generics)]`, only concrete const expressions and parameters as standalone arguments are allowed in types and repeat expressions. However, supporting generic const operations, such as `N + 1` or `std::mem::size_of::<T>()` is highly desirable. This feature is in early development under `#![feature(const_evaluatable_checked)]`.

## Implementation history

Many people have contributed to the design and implementation of const generics over the last three years. See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44580#issuecomment-728913127 for a summary. Once again thank you to everybody who helped out here!

[valtrees]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/72396

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2020-12-27 07:05:56 +00:00