Excluding the functions inherited from the cast module last week (with marked
stability levels), these functions received the following treatment.
* size_of - this method has become #[stable]
* nonzero_size_of/nonzero_size_of_val - these methods have been removed
* min_align_of - this method is now #[stable]
* pref_align_of - this method has been renamed without the
`pref_` prefix, and it is the "default alignment" now. This decision is in line
with what clang does (see url linked in comment on function). This function
is now #[stable].
* init - renamed to zeroed and marked #[stable]
* uninit - marked #[stable]
* move_val_init - renamed to overwrite and marked #[stable]
* {from,to}_{be,le}{16,32,64} - all functions marked #[stable]
* swap/replace/drop - marked #[stable]
* size_of_val/min_align_of_val/align_of_val - these functions are marked
#[unstable], but will continue to exist in some form. Concerns have been
raised about their `_val` prefix.
[breaking-change]
This commit revisits the `cast` module in libcore and libstd, and scrutinizes
all functions inside of it. The result was to remove the `cast` module entirely,
folding all functionality into the `mem` module. Specifically, this is the fate
of each function in the `cast` module.
* transmute - This function was moved to `mem`, but it is now marked as
#[unstable]. This is due to planned changes to the `transmute`
function and how it can be invoked (see the #[unstable] comment).
For more information, see RFC 5 and #12898
* transmute_copy - This function was moved to `mem`, with clarification that is
is not an error to invoke it with T/U that are different
sizes, but rather that it is strongly discouraged. This
function is now #[stable]
* forget - This function was moved to `mem` and marked #[stable]
* bump_box_refcount - This function was removed due to the deprecation of
managed boxes as well as its questionable utility.
* transmute_mut - This function was previously deprecated, and removed as part
of this commit.
* transmute_mut_unsafe - This function doesn't serve much of a purpose when it
can be achieved with an `as` in safe code, so it was
removed.
* transmute_lifetime - This function was removed because it is likely a strong
indication that code is incorrect in the first place.
* transmute_mut_lifetime - This function was removed for the same reasons as
`transmute_lifetime`
* copy_lifetime - This function was moved to `mem`, but it is marked
`#[unstable]` now due to the likelihood of being removed in
the future if it is found to not be very useful.
* copy_mut_lifetime - This function was also moved to `mem`, but had the same
treatment as `copy_lifetime`.
* copy_lifetime_vec - This function was removed because it is not used today,
and its existence is not necessary with DST
(copy_lifetime will suffice).
In summary, the cast module was stripped down to these functions, and then the
functions were moved to the `mem` module.
transmute - #[unstable]
transmute_copy - #[stable]
forget - #[stable]
copy_lifetime - #[unstable]
copy_mut_lifetime - #[unstable]
[breaking-change]
In stage0, all allocations are 8-byte aligned. Passing a size and
alignment to free is not yet implemented everywhere (0 size and 8 align
are used as placeholders). Fixing this is part of #13994.
Closes#13616
As part of the shift from ~[T] to Vec<T>, recently ~[T] was made
non-growable. However, the FromIterator implementation for ~[T] was left
intact (albeit implemented inefficiently), which basically provided a
loophole to grow a ~[T] despite its non-growable nature. This is a
problem, both for performance reasons and because it encourages APIs to
continue returning ~[T] when they should return Vec<T>. Removing
FromIterator forces these APIs to adopt the correct type.
Furthermore, during today's weekly meeting it was decided that we should
remove all instances of ~[T] from the standard libraries in favor of
Vec<T>. Removing the FromIterator impl makes sense to do as a result.
This commit only includes the removal of the FromIterator impl. The
subsequent commits involve handling all of the breakage that results,
including changing APIs to use Vec<T> instead of ~[T]. The precise API
changes are documented in the subsequent commit messages, but each
commit is not individually marked as a breaking change.
Finally, a new trait FromVec is introduced that provides a mechanism to
convert Vec<T> back into ~[T] if truly necessary. It is a bit awkward to
use by design, and is anticipated that it will be more useful in a
post-DST world to convert to an arbitrary Foo<[T]> smart pointer.
[breaking-change]
This mostly involved frobbing imports between realstd, realcore, and the core
being test. Some of the imports are a little counterintuitive, but it mainly
focuses around libcore's types not implementing Show while libstd's types
implement Show.
Coherence requires that libcore's traits be implemented in libcore for ~[T] and
~str (due to them being language defined types). These implementations cannot
live in libcore forever, but for now, until Heap/Box/Uniq is a lang item, these
implementations must reside inside of libcore. While not perfect
implementations, these shouldn't reside in libcore for too long.
With some form of lang item these implementations can be in a proper crate
because the lang item will not be present in libcore.
