This commit is part of a series that introduces a `std::thread` API to
replace `std::task`.
In the new API, `spawn` returns a `JoinGuard`, which by default will
join the spawned thread when dropped. It can also be used to join
explicitly at any time, returning the thread's result. Alternatively,
the spawned thread can be explicitly detached (so no join takes place).
As part of this change, Rust processes now terminate when the main
thread exits, even if other detached threads are still running, moving
Rust closer to standard threading models. This new behavior may break code
that was relying on the previously implicit join-all.
In addition to the above, the new thread API also offers some built-in
support for building blocking abstractions in user space; see the module
doc for details.
Closes#18000
[breaking-change]
https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/221
The current terminology of "task failure" often causes problems when
writing or speaking about code. You often want to talk about the
possibility of an operation that returns a Result "failing", but cannot
because of the ambiguity with task failure. Instead, you have to speak
of "the failing case" or "when the operation does not succeed" or other
circumlocutions.
Likewise, we use a "Failure" header in rustdoc to describe when
operations may fail the task, but it would often be helpful to separate
out a section describing the "Err-producing" case.
We have been steadily moving away from task failure and toward Result as
an error-handling mechanism, so we should optimize our terminology
accordingly: Result-producing functions should be easy to describe.
To update your code, rename any call to `fail!` to `panic!` instead.
Assuming you have not created your own macro named `panic!`, this
will work on UNIX based systems:
grep -lZR 'fail!' . | xargs -0 -l sed -i -e 's/fail!/panic!/g'
You can of course also do this by hand.
[breaking-change]
This breaks a fair amount of code. The typical patterns are:
* `for _ in range(0, 10)`: change to `for _ in range(0u, 10)`;
* `println!("{}", 3)`: change to `println!("{}", 3i)`;
* `[1, 2, 3].len()`: change to `[1i, 2, 3].len()`.
RFC #30. Closes#6023.
[breaking-change]
This commit moves reflection (as well as the {:?} format modifier) to a new
libdebug crate, all of which is marked experimental.
This is a breaking change because it now requires the debug crate to be
explicitly linked if the :? format qualifier is used. This means that any code
using this feature will have to add `extern crate debug;` to the top of the
crate. Any code relying on reflection will also need to do this.
Closes#12019
[breaking-change]
Prior to this commit, TcpStream::connect and TcpListener::bind took a
single SocketAddr argument. This worked well enough, but the API felt a
little too "low level" for most simple use cases.
A great example is connecting to rust-lang.org on port 80. Rust users would
need to:
1. resolve the IP address of rust-lang.org using
io::net::addrinfo::get_host_addresses.
2. check for errors
3. if all went well, use the returned IP address and the port number
to construct a SocketAddr
4. pass this SocketAddr to TcpStream::connect.
I'm modifying the type signature of TcpStream::connect and
TcpListener::bind so that the API is a little easier to use.
TcpStream::connect now accepts two arguments: a string describing the
host/IP of the host we wish to connect to, and a u16 representing the
remote port number.
Similarly, TcpListener::bind has been modified to take two arguments:
a string describing the local interface address (e.g. "0.0.0.0" or
"127.0.0.1") and a u16 port number.
Here's how to port your Rust code to use the new TcpStream::connect API:
// old ::connect API
let addr = SocketAddr{ip: Ipv4Addr{127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 8080};
let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).unwrap()
// new ::connect API (minimal change)
let addr = SocketAddr{ip: Ipv4Addr{127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 8080};
let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr.ip.to_str(), addr.port()).unwrap()
// new ::connect API (more compact)
let stream = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1", 8080).unwrap()
// new ::connect API (hostname)
let stream = TcpStream::connect("rust-lang.org", 80)
Similarly, for TcpListener::bind:
// old ::bind API
let addr = SocketAddr{ip: Ipv4Addr{0, 0, 0, 0}, port: 8080};
let mut acceptor = TcpListener::bind(addr).listen();
// new ::bind API (minimal change)
let addr = SocketAddr{ip: Ipv4Addr{0, 0, 0, 0}, port: 8080};
let mut acceptor = TcpListener::bind(addr.ip.to_str(), addr.port()).listen()
// new ::bind API (more compact)
let mut acceptor = TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0", 8080).listen()
[breaking-change]
The constructor for `TaskBuilder` is being changed to an associated
function called `new` for consistency with the rest of the standard
library.
Closes#13666
[breaking-change]
If a TTY fails to get initialized, it still needs to have uv_close invoked on
it. This fixes the problem by constructing the TtyWatcher struct before the call
to uv_tty_init. The struct has a destructor on it which will close the handle
properly.
Closes#12666
