148 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Alex Crichton
eb50ffd234 rustc_trans: Clean up some style in back::link
* Add some logging here and there
* Move some `err` + `abort_if_errors` to just using `fatal`
* Clean up some line-lengths
2015-05-19 10:53:06 -07:00
Alex Crichton
af56e2efde rustc_back: Tweak the MSVC target spec
This change primarily changes the default ar utility used by MSVC-targeting
compilers as `llvm-ar`, adding comments along the way as to why.
2015-05-19 10:53:06 -07:00
Alex Crichton
2d5e5777fd rustc_trans: Abstract linker support behind a trait
This trait will be used to correctly build a command line for link.exe with MSVC
and may perhaps one day be used to generate a command line for `lld`, but this
commit currently just refactors the bindings used to call `ld`.
2015-05-12 14:50:36 -07:00
Alex Crichton
4cc025d83c Scale back changes made 2015-05-12 14:50:36 -07:00
Ricky Taylor
315750ac92 Very hacky MSVC hacks.
Conflicts:
	mk/platform.mk
	src/librustc/session/config.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/aarch64_apple_ios.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/aarch64_linux_android.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/arm_linux_androideabi.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/arm_unknown_linux_gnueabi.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/arm_unknown_linux_gnueabihf.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/armv7_apple_ios.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/armv7s_apple_ios.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/i386_apple_ios.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/i686_apple_darwin.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/i686_pc_windows_gnu.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/i686_unknown_dragonfly.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/i686_unknown_linux_gnu.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/mips_unknown_linux_gnu.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/mipsel_unknown_linux_gnu.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/powerpc_unknown_linux_gnu.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_apple_darwin.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_apple_ios.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_pc_windows_gnu.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_unknown_dragonfly.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_unknown_freebsd.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu.rs
	src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_unknown_openbsd.rs
	src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs
	src/librustc_trans/back/link.rs
	src/librustc_trans/trans/base.rs
	src/libstd/os.rs
	src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
2015-05-12 14:50:36 -07:00
bors
7334518579 Auto merge of #25085 - carols10cents:remove-old-tilde, r=steveklabnik
There were still some mentions of `~[T]` and `~T`, mostly in comments and debugging statements. I tried to do my best to preserve meaning, but I might have gotten some wrong-- I'm happy to fix anything :)
2015-05-11 04:46:41 +00:00
Barosl Lee
ff332b6467 Squeeze the last bits of tasks in documentation in favor of thread
An automated script was run against the `.rs` and `.md` files,
subsituting every occurrence of `task` with `thread`. In the `.rs`
files, only the texts in the comment blocks were affected.
2015-05-09 02:24:18 +09:00
bors
7bd71637ca Auto merge of #25134 - alexcrichton:fix-issue-25072-for-realsies, r=brson
Turns out that a verbatim path was leaking through to gcc via the PATH
environment variable (pointing to the bundled gcc provided by the main
distribution) which was wreaking havoc when gcc itself was run. The fix here is
to just stop passing verbatim paths down by adding more liberal uses of
`fix_windows_verbatim_for_gcc`.

Closes #25072
2015-05-06 00:54:55 +00:00
Alex Crichton
2dc0e56163 rustc: Fix more verbatim paths leaking to gcc
Turns out that a verbatim path was leaking through to gcc via the PATH
environment variable (pointing to the bundled gcc provided by the main
distribution) which was wreaking havoc when gcc itself was run. The fix here is
to just stop passing verbatim paths down by adding more liberal uses of
`fix_windows_verbatim_for_gcc`.

Closes #25072
2015-05-05 15:21:52 -07:00
Carol Nichols
abc0017f3b Remove an obsolete example in a comment 2015-05-04 21:44:22 -04:00
Alex Crichton
e6c23bb893 rustc_trans: Fix another windows verbatim path
This was one last spot where directories were being leaked through with
arguments of the form `\\?\` which neither `ld.exe` nor `gcc.exe` does
understands so the prefix needed to be stripped.

Closes #25072
2015-05-04 13:18:00 -07:00
Carol Nichols
7ec8172225 Update old uses of ~ in comments and debugging statements 2015-05-03 20:16:02 -04:00
Alex Crichton
e14af089a4 rollup merge of #24711: alexcrichton/fs2.1
This commit is an implementation of [RFC 1044][rfc] which adds additional
surface area to the `std::fs` module. All new APIs are `#[unstable]` behind
assorted feature names for each one.

[rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1044

The new APIs added are:

* `fs::canonicalize` - bindings to `realpath` on unix and
  `GetFinalPathNameByHandle` on windows.
* `fs::symlink_metadata` - similar to `lstat` on unix
* `fs::FileType` and accessor methods as `is_{file,dir,symlink}`
* `fs::Metadata::file_type` - accessor for the raw file type
* `fs::DirEntry::metadata` - acquisition of metadata which is free on Windows
  but requires a syscall on unix.
* `fs::DirEntry::file_type` - access the file type which may not require a
  syscall on most platforms.
* `fs::DirEntry::file_name` - access just the file name without leading
  components.
* `fs::PathExt::symlink_metadata` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `fs::PathExt::canonicalize` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `fs::PathExt::read_link` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `fs::PathExt::read_dir` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `std::os::raw` - type definitions for raw OS/C types available on all
  platforms.
* `std::os::$platform` - new modules have been added for all currently supported
  platforms (e.g. those more specific than just `unix`).
* `std::os::$platform::raw` - platform-specific type definitions. These modules
  are populated with the bare essentials necessary for lowing I/O types into
  their raw representations, and currently largely consist of the `stat`
  definition for unix platforms.

This commit also deprecates `Metadata::{modified, accessed}` in favor of
inspecting the raw representations via the lowering methods of `Metadata`.

Closes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/24796
2015-04-29 15:45:34 -07:00
Alex Crichton
0368abb0a4 std: Implement fs::DirBuilder
This is the last remaining portion of #24796
2015-04-28 17:38:26 -07:00
Alex Crichton
9348700007 std: Expand the area of std::fs
This commit is an implementation of [RFC 1044][rfc] which adds additional
surface area to the `std::fs` module. All new APIs are `#[unstable]` behind
assorted feature names for each one.

[rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1044

The new APIs added are:

* `fs::canonicalize` - bindings to `realpath` on unix and
  `GetFinalPathNameByHandle` on windows.
* `fs::symlink_metadata` - similar to `lstat` on unix
* `fs::FileType` and accessor methods as `is_{file,dir,symlink}`
* `fs::Metadata::file_type` - accessor for the raw file type
* `fs::DirEntry::metadata` - acquisition of metadata which is free on Windows
  but requires a syscall on unix.
* `fs::DirEntry::file_type` - access the file type which may not require a
  syscall on most platforms.
* `fs::DirEntry::file_name` - access just the file name without leading
  components.
* `fs::PathExt::symlink_metadata` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `fs::PathExt::canonicalize` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `fs::PathExt::read_link` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `fs::PathExt::read_dir` - convenience method for the top-level
  function.
* `std::os::raw` - type definitions for raw OS/C types available on all
  platforms.
* `std::os::$platform` - new modules have been added for all currently supported
  platforms (e.g. those more specific than just `unix`).
* `std::os::$platform::raw` - platform-specific type definitions. These modules
  are populated with the bare essentials necessary for lowing I/O types into
  their raw representations, and currently largely consist of the `stat`
  definition for unix platforms.

This commit also deprecates `Metadata::{modified, accessed}` in favor of
inspecting the raw representations via the lowering methods of `Metadata`.
2015-04-27 17:16:44 -07:00
Alex Crichton
d09851730c rustc: Add support for linking arbitrary objects
MUSL for example provides its own start/end objects in place of the standard
ones shipped by gcc.
2015-04-27 10:11:15 -07:00
Alex Crichton
a1dd5ac787 rollup merge of #24636: alexcrichton/remove-deprecated
Conflicts:
	src/libcore/result.rs
2015-04-21 15:28:53 -07:00
Alex Crichton
37a1f2e3ac rollup merge of #24487: erickt/syntax
This removes the usage of `#[feature(into_cow, slice_patterns, box_syntax, box_patterns, quote, unsafe_destructor)]` from being used in libsyntax. My main desire for this is that it brings me one step closer to letting [syntex](https://github.com/erickt/rust-syntex) compile with stable rust. Hopefully this doesn't inconvenience rust development.
2015-04-21 15:23:07 -07:00
Alex Crichton
eeb94886ad std: Remove deprecated/unstable num functionality
This commit removes all the old casting/generic traits from `std::num` that are
no longer in use by the standard library. This additionally removes the old
`strconv` module which has not seen much use in quite a long time. All generic
functionality has been supplanted with traits in the `num` crate and the
`strconv` module is supplanted with the [rust-strconv crate][rust-strconv].

[rust-strconv]: https://github.com/lifthrasiir/rust-strconv

This is a breaking change due to the removal of these deprecated crates, and the
alternative crates are listed above.

[breaking-change]
2015-04-21 11:37:43 -07:00
Alex Crichton
9ab0475d94 rustc: Handle duplicate names merging archives
When linking an archive statically to an rlib, the compiler will extract all
contents of the archive and add them all to the rlib being generated. The
current method of extraction is to run `ar x`, dumping all files into a
temporary directory. Object archives, however, are allowed to have multiple
entries with the same file name, so there is no method for them to extract their
contents into a directory in a lossless fashion.

This commit adds iterator support to the `ArchiveRO` structure which hooks into
LLVM's support for reading object archives. This iterator is then used to
inspect each object in turn and extract it to a unique location for later
assembly.
2015-04-21 11:08:19 -07:00
Erick Tryzelaar
7f9180fcb9 syntax: Change ExpnId::{from,to}_llvm_cookie to {from,to}_u32 2015-04-21 10:11:05 -07:00
Tamir Duberstein
10f15e72e6 Negative case of len() -> is_empty()
`s/([^\(\s]+\.)len\(\) [(?:!=)>] 0/!$1is_empty()/g`
2015-04-14 20:26:03 -07:00
Tamir Duberstein
29ac04402d Positive case of len() -> is_empty()
`s/(?<!\{ self)(?<=\.)len\(\) == 0/is_empty()/g`
2015-04-14 20:26:03 -07:00
Keegan McAllister
0cb9379446 Allow plugins to register LLVM passes 2015-04-08 14:01:59 -07:00
Aaron Turon
232424d995 Stabilize std::num
This commit stabilizes the `std::num` module:

* The `Int` and `Float` traits are deprecated in favor of (1) the
  newly-added inherent methods and (2) the generic traits available in
  rust-lang/num.

* The `Zero` and `One` traits are reintroduced in `std::num`, which
  together with various other traits allow you to recover the most
  common forms of generic programming.

* The `FromStrRadix` trait, and associated free function, is deprecated
  in favor of inherent implementations.

* A wide range of methods and constants for both integers and floating
  point numbers are now `#[stable]`, having been adjusted for integer
  guidelines.

* `is_positive` and `is_negative` are renamed to `is_sign_positive` and
  `is_sign_negative`, in order to address #22985

* The `Wrapping` type is moved to `std::num` and stabilized;
  `WrappingOps` is deprecated in favor of inherent methods on the
  integer types, and direct implementation of operations on
  `Wrapping<X>` for each concrete integer type `X`.

Closes #22985
Closes #21069

[breaking-change]
2015-03-31 07:50:25 -07:00
Alex Crichton
d3a4f362cb rollup merge of #23786: alexcrichton/less-quotes
Conflicts:
	src/test/auxiliary/static-function-pointer-aux.rs
	src/test/auxiliary/trait_default_method_xc_aux.rs
	src/test/run-pass/issue-4545.rs
2015-03-27 16:10:25 -07:00
Alex Crichton
b24a3b8201 rustc: Remove support for hyphens in crate names
This commit removes parser support for `extern crate "foo" as bar` as the
renamed crate is now required to be an identifier. Additionally this commit
enables hard errors on crate names that contain hyphens in them, they must now
solely contain alphanumeric characters or underscores.

If the crate name is inferred from the file name, however, the file name
`foo-bar.rs` will have the crate name inferred as `foo_bar`. If a binary is
being emitted it will have the name `foo-bar` and a library will have the name
`libfoo_bar.rlib`.

This commit is a breaking change for a number of reasons:

* Old syntax is being removed. This was previously only issuing warnings.
* The output for the compiler when input is received on stdin is now `rust_out`
  instead of `rust-out`.
* The crate name for a crate in the file `foo-bar.rs` is now `foo_bar` which can
  affect infrastructure such as logging.

[breaking-change]
2015-03-27 10:19:59 -07:00
Alex Crichton
43bfaa4a33 Mass rename uint/int to usize/isize
Now that support has been removed, all lingering use cases are renamed.
2015-03-26 12:10:22 -07:00
Alex Crichton
753efb5042 rollup merge of #23601: nikomatsakis/by-value-index
This is a [breaking-change]. When indexing a generic map (hashmap, etc) using the `[]` operator, it is now necessary to borrow explicitly, so change `map[key]` to `map[&key]` (consistent with the `get` routine). However, indexing of string-valued maps with constant strings can now be written `map["abc"]`.

r? @japaric
cc @aturon @Gankro
2015-03-23 15:10:50 -07:00
Aaron Turon
8389253df0 Add generic conversion traits
This commit:

* Introduces `std::convert`, providing an implementation of
RFC 529.

* Deprecates the `AsPath`, `AsOsStr`, and `IntoBytes` traits, all
in favor of the corresponding generic conversion traits.

  Consequently, various IO APIs now take `AsRef<Path>` rather than
`AsPath`, and so on. Since the types provided by `std` implement both
traits, this should cause relatively little breakage.

* Deprecates many `from_foo` constructors in favor of `from`.

* Changes `PathBuf::new` to take no argument (creating an empty buffer,
  as per convention). The previous behavior is now available as
  `PathBuf::from`.

* De-stabilizes `IntoCow`. It's not clear whether we need this separate trait.

Closes #22751
Closes #14433

[breaking-change]
2015-03-23 15:01:45 -07:00
Niko Matsakis
8e58af4004 Fallout in stdlib, rustdoc, rustc, etc. For most maps, converted uses of
`[]` on maps to `get` in rustc, since stage0 and stage1+ disagree about
how to use `[]`.
2015-03-23 16:55:45 -04:00
Manish Goregaokar
285cb8e6d8 Rollup merge of #23399 - tbu-:pr_libflate_error, r=huonw
This removes the error case of the compression functions, the only errors that
can occur are incorrect parameters or an out-of-memory condition, both of which
are handled with panics in Rust.

Also introduces an extensible `Error` type instead of returning an `Option`.
The type implements a destructor so you can't destructure it.
2015-03-17 15:19:38 +05:30
Tobias Bucher
1b894c65de Improve error handling in libflate
This removes the error case of the compression functions, the only errors that
can occur are incorrect parameters or an out-of-memory condition, both of which
are handled with panics in Rust.

Also introduces an extensible `Error` type instead of returning an `Option`.
2015-03-16 19:15:20 +01:00
Aaron Turon
1d5983aded Deprecate range, range_step, count, distributions
This commit deprecates the `count`, `range` and `range_step` functions
in `iter`, in favor of range notation. To recover all existing
functionality, a new `step_by` adapter is provided directly on `ops::Range`
and `ops::RangeFrom`.

[breaking-change]
2015-03-13 14:45:13 -07:00
Alex Crichton
2bd02ca837 rollup merge of #22975: alexcrichton/stabilize-ffi
Conflicts:
	src/librustc_trans/back/link.rs
	src/librustc_trans/lib.rs
2015-03-06 15:37:14 -08:00
Alex Crichton
73b0b25e32 std: Stabilize the fs module
This commit performs a stabilization pass over the `std::fs` module now that
it's had some time to bake. The change was largely just adding `#[stable]` tags,
but there are a few APIs that remain `#[unstable]`.

The following apis are now marked `#[stable]`:

* `std::fs` (the name)
* `File`
* `Metadata`
* `ReadDir`
* `DirEntry`
* `OpenOptions`
* `Permissions`
* `File::{open, create}`
* `File::{sync_all, sync_data}`
* `File::set_len`
* `File::metadata`
* Trait implementations for `File` and `&File`
* `OpenOptions::new`
* `OpenOptions::{read, write, append, truncate, create}`
* `OpenOptions::open` - this function was modified, however, to not attempt to
  reject cross-platform openings of directories. This means that some platforms
  will succeed in opening a directory and others will fail.
* `Metadata::{is_dir, is_file, len, permissions}`
* `Permissions::{readonly, set_readonly}`
* `Iterator for ReadDir`
* `DirEntry::path`
* `remove_file` - like with `OpenOptions::open`, the extra windows code to
  remove a readonly file has been removed. This means that removing a readonly
  file will succeed on some platforms but fail on others.
* `metadata`
* `rename`
* `copy`
* `hard_link`
* `soft_link`
* `read_link`
* `create_dir`
* `create_dir_all`
* `remove_dir`
* `remove_dir_all`
* `read_dir`

The following apis remain `#[unstable]`.

* `WalkDir` and `walk` - there are many methods by which a directory walk can be
  constructed, and it's unclear whether the current semantics are the right
  ones. For example symlinks are not handled super well currently. This is now
  behind a new `fs_walk` feature.
* `File::path` - this is an extra abstraction which the standard library
  provides on top of what the system offers and it's unclear whether we should
  be doing so. This is now behind a new `file_path` feature.
* `Metadata::{accessed, modified}` - we do not currently have a good
  abstraction for a moment in time which is what these APIs should likely be
  returning, so these remain `#[unstable]` for now. These are now behind a new
  `fs_time` feature
* `set_file_times` - like with `Metadata::accessed`, we do not currently have
  the appropriate abstraction for the arguments here so this API remains
  unstable behind the `fs_time` feature gate.
* `PathExt` - the precise set of methods on this trait may change over time and
  some methods may be removed. This API remains unstable behind the `path_ext`
  feature gate.
* `set_permissions` - we may wish to expose a more granular ability to set the
  permissions on a file instead of just a blanket "set all permissions" method.
  This function remains behind the `fs` feature.

The following apis are now `#[deprecated]`

* The `TempDir` type is now entirely deprecated and is [located on
  crates.io][tempdir] as the `tempdir` crate with [its source][github] at
  rust-lang/tempdir.

[tempdir]: https://crates.io/crates/tempdir
[github]: https://github.com/rust-lang/tempdir

The stability of some of these APIs has been questioned over the past few weeks
in using these APIs, and it is intentional that the majority of APIs here are
marked `#[stable]`. The `std::fs` module has a lot of room to grow and the
material is [being tracked in a RFC issue][rfc-issue].

[rfc-issue]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/939

[breaking-change]
2015-03-05 16:49:41 -08:00
Alex Crichton
628f5d29c3 std: Stabilize the ffi module
The two main sub-modules, `c_str` and `os_str`, have now had some time to bake
in the standard library. This commits performs a sweep over the modules adding
various stability tags.

The following APIs are now marked `#[stable]`

* `OsString`
* `OsStr`
* `OsString::from_string`
* `OsString::from_str`
* `OsString::new`
* `OsString::into_string`
* `OsString::push` (renamed from `push_os_str`, added an `AsOsStr` bound)
* various trait implementations for `OsString`
* `OsStr::from_str`
* `OsStr::to_str`
* `OsStr::to_string_lossy`
* `OsStr::to_os_string`
* various trait implementations for `OsStr`
* `CString`
* `CStr`
* `NulError`
* `CString::new` - this API's implementation may change as a result of
  rust-lang/rfcs#912 but the usage of `CString::new(thing)` looks like it is
  unlikely to change. Additionally, the `IntoBytes` bound is also likely to
  change but the set of implementors for the trait will not change (despite the
  trait perhaps being renamed).
* `CString::from_vec_unchecked`
* `CString::as_bytes`
* `CString::as_bytes_with_nul`
* `NulError::nul_position`
* `NulError::into_vec`
* `CStr::from_ptr`
* `CStr::as_ptr`
* `CStr::to_bytes`
* `CStr::to_bytes_with_nul`
* various trait implementations for `CStr`

The following APIs remain `#[unstable]`

* `OsStr*Ext` traits remain unstable as the organization of `os::platform` is
  uncertain still and the traits may change location.
* `AsOsStr` remains unstable as generic conversion traits are likely to be
  rethought soon.

The following APIs were deprecated

* `OsString::push_os_str` is now called `push` and takes `T: AsOsStr` instead (a
  superset of the previous functionality).
2015-03-05 14:57:01 -08:00
Alex Crichton
95d904625b std: Deprecate std::old_io::fs
This commit deprecates the majority of std::old_io::fs in favor of std::fs and
its new functionality. Some functions remain non-deprecated but are now behind a
feature gate called `old_fs`. These functions will be deprecated once
suitable replacements have been implemented.

The compiler has been migrated to new `std::fs` and `std::path` APIs where
appropriate as part of this change.
2015-03-04 15:59:30 -08:00
Florian Zeitz
f35f973cb7 Use consts instead of statics where appropriate
This changes the type of some public constants/statics in libunicode.
Notably some `&'static &'static [(char, char)]` have changed
to `&'static [(char, char)]`. The regexp crate seems to be the
sole user of these, yet this is technically a [breaking-change]
2015-03-02 17:11:51 +01:00
Björn Steinbrink
0b5ca7850b Re-enable -Z time-llvm-passes when using a single codegen unit
The timing code break when using multiple codegen units, but that
shouldn't stop us from using it with a single codegen unit.
2015-02-28 22:40:39 +01:00
bors
ad04cce61c Auto merge of #22530 - rprichard:master, r=dotdash
Fixes #22525

I wasn't sure if I should reuse `write::get_llvm_opt_level` or not.  It returns an `llvm::CodeGenOptLevel`, which is the Rust binding for `CodeGenOpt::Level`. `lto.rs` is passing an optlevel to LLVM's `PassManagerBuilder`, which takes an unsigned int.  `PassManagerBuilder`'s optlevel uses essentially the same enumeration (i.e. 0-3 with 2 as default), but it's implicit.
2015-02-24 20:57:31 +00:00
Niko Matsakis
68e5bb3f2c Remove remaining uses of []. This time I tried to use deref coercions where possible. 2015-02-20 14:08:14 -05:00
Ryan Prichard
dc3bc90d5b Use sess.opts.optimize instead of sess.opts.cg.opt_level for LTO optlevel
Fixes #22525
2015-02-19 02:16:16 -08:00
Alex Crichton
231eeaa35b rollup merge of #22502: nikomatsakis/deprecate-bracket-bracket
Conflicts:
	src/libcollections/slice.rs
	src/libcollections/str.rs
	src/librustc/middle/lang_items.rs
	src/librustc_back/rpath.rs
	src/librustc_typeck/check/regionck.rs
	src/libstd/ffi/os_str.rs
	src/libsyntax/diagnostic.rs
	src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
	src/libsyntax/util/interner.rs
	src/test/run-pass/regions-refcell.rs
2015-02-18 15:48:40 -08:00
Niko Matsakis
9ea84aeed4 Replace all uses of &foo[] with &foo[..] en masse. 2015-02-18 17:36:03 -05:00
Alex Crichton
5250a82f79 rollup merge of #22497: nikomatsakis/suffixes
Conflicts:
	src/librustc_trans/trans/tvec.rs
2015-02-18 14:35:01 -08:00
Alex Crichton
1860ee521a std: Implement CString-related RFCs
This commit is an implementation of [RFC 592][r592] and [RFC 840][r840]. These
two RFCs tweak the behavior of `CString` and add a new `CStr` unsized slice type
to the module.

[r592]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0592-c-str-deref.md
[r840]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0840-no-panic-in-c-string.md

The new `CStr` type is only constructable via two methods:

1. By `deref`'ing from a `CString`
2. Unsafely via `CStr::from_ptr`

The purpose of `CStr` is to be an unsized type which is a thin pointer to a
`libc::c_char` (currently it is a fat pointer slice due to implementation
limitations). Strings from C can be safely represented with a `CStr` and an
appropriate lifetime as well. Consumers of `&CString` should now consume `&CStr`
instead to allow producers to pass in C-originating strings instead of just
Rust-allocated strings.

A new constructor was added to `CString`, `new`, which takes `T: IntoBytes`
instead of separate `from_slice` and `from_vec` methods (both have been
deprecated in favor of `new`). The `new` method returns a `Result` instead of
panicking.  The error variant contains the relevant information about where the
error happened and bytes (if present). Conversions are provided to the
`io::Error` and `old_io::IoError` types via the `FromError` trait which
translate to `InvalidInput`.

This is a breaking change due to the modification of existing `#[unstable]` APIs
and new deprecation, and more detailed information can be found in the two RFCs.
Notable breakage includes:

* All construction of `CString` now needs to use `new` and handle the outgoing
  `Result`.
* Usage of `CString` as a byte slice now explicitly needs a `.as_bytes()` call.
* The `as_slice*` methods have been removed in favor of just having the
  `as_bytes*` methods.

Closes #22469
Closes #22470
[breaking-change]
2015-02-18 14:15:43 -08:00
Niko Matsakis
2b5720a15f Remove i, is, u, or us suffixes that are not necessary. 2015-02-18 09:09:12 -05:00
Alex Crichton
6ac3799b75 Test fixes and rebase conflicts 2015-02-17 17:27:46 -08:00
Simonas Kazlauskas
a941fdb98d Fail nicely when copying artefacts fails
Fixes #22124
2015-02-11 10:00:56 +02:00