Implement multidispatch and conditional dispatch. Because we do not attempt to preserve crate concatenation, this is a backwards compatible change. This is not yet fully integrated into method dispatch, so "UFCS"-style wrappers must be used to take advantage of the new features (see the run-pass tests).
cc #17307 (multidispatch)
cc #5527 (trait reform -- conditional dispatch)
Because we no longer preserve crate concatenability, this deviates slightly from what was specified in the RFC. The motivation for this change is described in [this blog post](http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2014/09/30/multi-and-conditional-dispatch-in-traits/). I will post an amendment to the RFC in due course but do not anticipate great controversy on this point -- particularly as the RFCs more important features (e.g., conditional dispatch) just don't work without the change.
Fixes that unit-like structs cannot be used if they are reexported and
used in another crate. The compiler fails with an ICE, because unit-like
structs are exported as DefFn and the expression `UnitStruct` is
interpreted as function pointer instead of a call to the constructor.
To resolve this ambiguity tuple-like struct constructors are now exported
as CtorFn. When `rustc::metadata::decoder` finds a CtorFn it sets a new
flag `is_ctor` in DefFn to true.
Relevant changes are in `rustc::metadata::{encoder, decoder}` and in
`rustc::middle::ty`.
Closes#12660 and #16973.
This breaks code like:
struct Foo {
...
}
pub fn make_foo() -> Foo {
...
}
Change this code to:
pub struct Foo { // note `pub`
...
}
pub fn make_foo() -> Foo {
...
}
The `visible_private_types` lint has been removed, since it is now an
error to attempt to expose a private type in a public API. In its place
a `#[feature(visible_private_types)]` gate has been added.
Closes#16463.
RFC #48.
[breaking-change]
Closes#17185.
The stability lint will now check code generated by macro expansion. It will allow to detect :
- arguments passed to macros using deprecated (and others) items
- macro expansion generating code using deprecated items due to its arguments (hence the second commit, fixing such issue found in libcollections)
Checking is still done at expansion, but it will also detect a macro explicitly using a deprecated item in its definition.
Change to resolve and update compiler and libs for uses.
[breaking-change]
Enum variants are now in both the value and type namespaces. This means that
if you have a variant with the same name as a type in scope in a module, you
will get a name clash and thus an error. The solution is to either rename the
type or the variant.
type they provide an implementation for.
This breaks code like:
mod foo {
struct Foo { ... }
}
impl foo::Foo {
...
}
Change this code to:
mod foo {
struct Foo { ... }
impl Foo {
...
}
}
Additionally, if you used the I/O path extension methods `stat`,
`lstat`, `exists`, `is_file`, or `is_dir`, note that these methods have
been moved to the the `std::io::fs::PathExtensions` trait. This breaks
code like:
fn is_it_there() -> bool {
Path::new("/foo/bar/baz").exists()
}
Change this code to:
use std::io::fs::PathExtensions;
fn is_it_there() -> bool {
Path::new("/foo/bar/baz").exists()
}
Closes#17059.
RFC #155.
[breaking-change]
For convenience, the traits are implemented for the respective bare
functions. Change code from this:
```rust
ItemDecorator(some_function)
// or
ItemModifier(some_other_function)
```
to
```rust
ItemDecorator(box some_function)
// or
ItemModifier(box some_other_function)
```
[breaking-change]
This adds support for lint groups to the compiler. Lint groups are a way of
grouping a number of lints together under one name. For example, this also
defines a default lint for naming conventions, named `bad_style`. Writing
`#[allow(bad_style)]` is equivalent to writing
`#[allow(non_camel_case_types, non_snake_case, non_uppercase_statics)]`. These
lint groups can also be defined as a compiler plugin using the new
`Registry::register_lint_group` method.
This also adds two built-in lint groups, `bad_style` and `unused`. The contents
of these groups can be seen by running `rustc -W help`.
For review. Not sure about the link_attrs stuff. Will work on converting all the tests.
extern crate "foobar" as foo;
extern crate foobar as foo;
Implements remaining part of RFC #47.
Addresses issue #16461.
Removed link_attrs from rust.md, they don't appear to be supported by
the parser.
The privacy pass of the compiler was previously not taking into account the
privacy of foreign items, or bindings to external functions. This commit fixes
this oversight by encoding the visibility of foreign items into the metadata for
each crate.
Any code relying on this will start to fail to compile and the bindings must be
marked with `pub` to indicate that they can be used externally.
Closes#16725
[breaking-change]
Implements remaining part of RFC #47.
Addresses issue #16461.
Removed link_attrs from rust.md, they don't appear to be supported by
the parser.
Changed all the tests to use the new extern crate syntax
Change pretty printer to use 'as' syntax
int/uint aren't considered FFI safe, replace them with the actual type they
represent (i64/u64 or i32/u32). This is a breaking change, but at most a cast
to `uint` or `int` needs to be added.
[breaking-change]
As of RFC 18, struct layout is undefined. Opting into a C-compatible struct
layout is now down with #[repr(C)]. For consistency, specifying a packed
layout is now also down with #[repr(packed)]. Both can be specified.
To fix errors caused by this, just add #[repr(C)] to the structs, and change
#[packed] to #[repr(packed)]
Closes#14309
[breaking-change]
These `where` clauses are accepted everywhere generics are currently
accepted and desugar during type collection to the type parameter bounds
we have today.
A new keyword, `where`, has been added. Therefore, this is a breaking
change. Change uses of `where` to other identifiers.
[breaking-change]
r? @nikomatsakis (or whoever)
These `where` clauses are accepted everywhere generics are currently
accepted and desugar during type collection to the type parameter bounds
we have today.
A new keyword, `where`, has been added. Therefore, this is a breaking
change. Change uses of `where` to other identifiers.
[breaking-change]
I chose to make two of them because I wanted something close to an
"end-to-end" test (*), but at the same time I wanted a test that
would run on Windows (**).
(*) The run-make test serves as the end-to-end: It constructs an input
that is trying to subvert the hack and we are going to check that it
fails in the attempt).
(**) The compile-fail-fulldeps test serves as a more narrow test that
will be tested on all platforms. It also attempts to subvert the
hack, testing that when you use `new_parser_from_tts`, the resulting
parser does not support reading embedded Idents.
This leaves the `Share` trait at `std::kinds` via a `#[deprecated]` `pub use`
statement, but the `NoShare` struct is no longer part of `std::kinds::marker`
due to #12660 (the build cannot bootstrap otherwise).
All code referencing the `Share` trait should now reference the `Sync` trait,
and all code referencing the `NoShare` type should now reference the `NoSync`
type. The functionality and meaning of this trait have not changed, only the
naming.
Closes#16281
[breaking-change]
Closes#16097 (fix variable name in tutorial)
Closes#16100 (More defailbloating)
Closes#16104 (Fix deprecation commment on `core::cmp::lexical_ordering`)
Closes#16105 (fix formatting in pointer guide table)
Closes#16107 (remove serialize::ebml, add librbml)
Closes#16108 (Fix heading levels in pointer guide)
Closes#16109 (rustrt: Don't conditionally init the at_exit QUEUE)
Closes#16111 (hexfloat: Deprecate to move out of the repo)
Closes#16113 (Add examples for GenericPath methods.)
Closes#16115 (Byte literals!)
Closes#16116 (Add a non-regression test for issue #8372)
Closes#16120 (Deprecate semver)
Closes#16124 (Deprecate uuid)
Closes#16126 (Deprecate fourcc)
Closes#16127 (Remove incorrect example)
Closes#16129 (Add note about production deployments.)
Closes#16131 (librustc: Don't ICE when trying to subst regions in destructor call.)
Closes#16133 (librustc: Don't ICE with struct exprs where the name is not a valid struct.)
Closes#16136 (Implement slice::Vector for Option<T> and CVec<T>)
Closes#16137 (alloc, arena, test, url, uuid: Elide lifetimes.)
This implements RFC 39. Omitted lifetimes in return values will now be
inferred to more useful defaults, and an error is reported if a lifetime
in a return type is omitted and one of the two lifetime elision rules
does not specify what it should be.
This primarily breaks two uncommon code patterns. The first is this:
unsafe fn get_foo_out_of_thin_air() -> &Foo {
...
}
This should be changed to:
unsafe fn get_foo_out_of_thin_air() -> &'static Foo {
...
}
The second pattern that needs to be changed is this:
enum MaybeBorrowed<'a> {
Borrowed(&'a str),
Owned(String),
}
fn foo() -> MaybeBorrowed {
Owned(format!("hello world"))
}
Change code like this to:
enum MaybeBorrowed<'a> {
Borrowed(&'a str),
Owned(String),
}
fn foo() -> MaybeBorrowed<'static> {
Owned(format!("hello world"))
}
Closes#15552.
[breaking-change]
Importing from types was disallowed in #6462. Flag was set for paths whether it is a module or a type. Type flag was set when impl was seen. The problem is, for cross-crate situations, when reexport is involved, it is possible that impl is seen too late because metadata is loaded lazily.
Fix#15664.
