This computes the transitive closure of traits that appear in the
environment and then appends their clauses. It needs some work, but
it's in the right direction.
Chalk wants to be able to pass these constraints around. Also, the
form we were using in our existing queries was not as general as we
are going to need.
Better error message when trying to write default impls
Previously, if you tried to write this (using the specialization
feature flag):
default impl PartialEq<MyType> {
...
}
The compiler would give you the mysterious warning "inherent impls
cannot be default". What it really means is that you're trying to
write an impl for a Structure or *Trait Object*, and that cannot
be "default". However, one of the ways to encounter this error
(as shown by the above example) is when you forget to write "for
MyType".
This PR adds a help message that reads "maybe missing a `for`
keyword?" This is useful, actionable advice that will help any user
identify their mistake, and doesn't get in the way or mislead any
user that really meant to use the "default" keyword for this weird
purpose. In particular, this help message will be useful for any
users who don't know the "inherent impl" terminology, and/or users
who forget that inherent impls CAN be written for traits (they apply
to the trait objects). Both of these are somewhat confusing, seldom-
used concepts; a one-line error message without any error number for
longer explanation is NOT the place to introduce these ideas.
I wasn't quite sure what grammar / wording to use. I'm open to suggestions. CC @rust-lang/docs (I hope I'm doing that notation right)
(Apparently not. :( )
Replace {Alloc,GlobalAlloc}::oom with a lang item.
The decision of what to do after an allocation fails is orthogonal to the decision of how to allocate the memory, so this PR splits them apart. `Alloc::oom` and `GlobalAlloc::oom` have been removed, and a lang item has been added:
```rust
#[lang = "oom"]
fn oom() -> !;
```
It is specifically a weak lang item, like panic_fmt, except that it is required when you depend on liballoc rather than libcore. libstd provides an implementation that aborts with the message `fatal runtime error: memory allocation failed`, matching the current behavior.
The new implementation is also significantly simpler - it's "just another weak lang item". [RFC 2070](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2070-panic-implementation.md) specifies a path towards stabilizing panic_fmt, so any complexities around stable weak lang item definition are already being solved.
To bootstrap, oom silently aborts in stage0. alloc_system no longer has a bunch of code to print to stderr, and alloc_jemalloc no longer depends on alloc_system to pull in that code.
One fun note: System's GlobalAlloc implementation didn't override the default implementation of oom, so it currently aborts silently!
r? @alexcrichton
Add inherent methods in libcore for [T], [u8], str, f32, and f64
# Background
Primitive types are defined by the language, they don’t have a type definition like `pub struct Foo { … }` in any crate. So they don’t “belong” to any crate as far as `impl` coherence is concerned, and on principle no crate would be able to define inherent methods for them, without a trait. Since we want these types to have inherent methods anyway, the standard library (with cooperation from the compiler) bends this rule with code like [`#[lang = "u8"] impl u8 { /*…*/ }`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/1.25.0/src/libcore/num/mod.rs#L2244-L2245). The `#[lang]` attribute is permanently-unstable and never intended to be used outside of the standard library.
Each lang item can only be defined once. Before this PR there is one impl-coherence-rule-bending lang item per primitive type (plus one for `[u8]`, which overlaps with `[T]`). And so one `impl` block each. These blocks for `str`, `[T]` and `[u8]` are in liballoc rather than libcore because *some* of the methods (like `<[T]>::to_vec(&self) -> Vec<T> where T: Clone`) need a global memory allocator which we don’t want to make a requirement in libcore. Similarly, `impl f32` and `impl f64` are in libstd because some of the methods are based on FFI calls to C’s `libm` and we want, as much as possible, libcore not to require “runtime support”.
In libcore, the methods of `str` and `[T]` that don’t allocate are made available through two **unstable traits** `StrExt` and `SliceExt` (so the traits can’t be *named* by programs on the Stable release channel) that have **stable methods** and are re-exported in the libcore prelude (so that programs on Stable can *call* these methods anyway). Non-allocating `[u8]` methods are not available in libcore: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/45803. Some `f32` and `f64` methods are in an unstable `core::num::Float` trait with stable methods, but that one is **not in the libcore prelude**. (So as far as Stable programs are concerns it doesn’t exist, and I don’t know what the point was to mark these methods `#[stable]`.)
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/32110 is the tracking issue for these unstable traits.
# High-level proposal
Since the standard library is already bending the rules, why not bend them *a little more*? By defining a few additional lang items, the compiler can allow the standard library to have *two* `impl` blocks (in different crates) for some primitive types.
The `StrExt` and `SliceExt` traits still exist for now so that we can bootstrap from a previous-version compiler that doesn’t have these lang items yet, but they can be removed in next release cycle. (`Float` is used internally and needs to be public for libcore unit tests, but was already `#[doc(hidden)]`.) I don’t know if https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/32110 should be closed by this PR, or only when the traits are entirely removed after we make a new bootstrap compiler.
# Float methods
Among the methods of the `core::num::Float` trait, three are based on LLVM intrinsics: `abs`, `signum`, and `powi`. PR https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/27823 “Remove dependencies on libm functions from libcore” moved a bunch of `core::num::Float` methods back to libstd, but left these three behind. However they aren’t specifically discussed in the PR thread. The `compiler_builtins` crate defines `__powisf2` and `__powidf2` functions that look like implementations of `powi`, but I couldn’t find a connection with the `llvm.powi.f32` and `llvm.powi.f32` intrinsics by grepping through LLVM’s code.
In discussion starting at https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/32110#issuecomment-370647922 Alex says that we do not want methods in libcore that require “runtime support”, but it’s not clear whether that applies to these `abs`, `signum`, or `powi`. In doubt, I’ve **removed** them for the trait and moved them to inherent methods in libstd for now. We can move them back later (or in this PR) if we decide that’s appropriate.
# Change details
For users on the Stable release channel:
* I believe this PR does not make any breaking change
* Some methods for `[u8]`, `f32`, and `f64` are newly available to `#![no_std]` users (fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/45803)
* There should be no visible change for `std` users in terms of what programs compile or what their behavior is. (Only in compiler error messages, possibly.)
For Nightly users, additionally:
* The unstable `StrExt` and `SliceExt` traits are gone
* Their methods are now inherent methods of `str` and `[T]` (so only code that explicitly named the traits should be affected, not "normal" method calls)
* The `abs`, `signum` and `powi` methods of the `Float` trait are gone
* The `Float` trait’s unstable feature name changed to `float_internals` with no associated tracking issue, to reflect it being a permanently unstable implementation detail rather than a public API on a path to stabilization.
* Its remaining methods are now inherent methods of `f32` and `f64`.
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CC @rust-lang/libs for the API changes, @rust-lang/compiler for the new lang items
Revert stabilization of never_type (!) et al
Fix#49691
I *think* this correctly adopts @nikomatsakis 's desired fix of:
* reverting stabilization of `!` and `TryFrom`, and
* returning to the previous fallback semantics (i.e. it is once again dependent on whether the crate has opted into `#[feature(never_type)]`,
* **without** attempting to put back in the previous future-proofing warnings regarding the change in fallback semantics.
(I'll be away from computers for a week starting now, so any updates to this PR should be either pushed into it, or someone else should adopt the task of polishing this fix and put up their own PR.)
