// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. //! Unsafe casting functions use sys; use unstable; pub mod rusti { #[abi = "rust-intrinsic"] #[link_name = "rusti"] pub extern "rust-intrinsic" { fn forget(+x: T); #[cfg(stage0)] fn reinterpret_cast(&&e: T) -> U; #[cfg(stage1)] #[cfg(stage2)] #[cfg(stage3)] fn transmute(e: T) -> U; } } /// Casts the value at `src` to U. The two types must have the same length. #[inline(always)] #[cfg(stage0)] pub unsafe fn reinterpret_cast(src: &T) -> U { rusti::reinterpret_cast(*src) } /// Unsafely copies and casts the value at `src` to U, even if the value is /// noncopyable. The two types must have the same length. #[inline(always)] #[cfg(stage0)] pub unsafe fn transmute_copy(src: &T) -> U { rusti::reinterpret_cast(*src) } #[inline(always)] #[cfg(stage1)] #[cfg(stage2)] #[cfg(stage3)] pub unsafe fn transmute_copy(src: &T) -> U { let mut dest: U = unstable::intrinsics::init(); { let dest_ptr: *mut u8 = rusti::transmute(&mut dest); let src_ptr: *u8 = rusti::transmute(src); unstable::intrinsics::memmove64(dest_ptr, src_ptr, sys::size_of::() as u64); } dest } /** * Move a thing into the void * * The forget function will take ownership of the provided value but neglect * to run any required cleanup or memory-management operations on it. This * can be used for various acts of magick, particularly when using * reinterpret_cast on pointer types. */ #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn forget(thing: T) { rusti::forget(thing); } /** * Force-increment the reference count on a shared box. If used * carelessly, this can leak the box. Use this in conjunction with transmute * and/or reinterpret_cast when such calls would otherwise scramble a box's * reference count */ pub unsafe fn bump_box_refcount(t: @T) { forget(t); } /** * Transform a value of one type into a value of another type. * Both types must have the same size and alignment. * * # Example * * assert!(transmute("L") == ~[76u8, 0u8]); */ #[inline(always)] #[cfg(stage0)] pub unsafe fn transmute(thing: L) -> G { let newthing: G = reinterpret_cast(&thing); forget(thing); newthing } #[inline(always)] #[cfg(stage1)] #[cfg(stage2)] #[cfg(stage3)] pub unsafe fn transmute(thing: L) -> G { rusti::transmute(thing) } /// Coerce an immutable reference to be mutable. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn transmute_mut<'a,T>(ptr: &'a T) -> &'a mut T { transmute(ptr) } /// Coerce a mutable reference to be immutable. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn transmute_immut<'a,T>(ptr: &'a mut T) -> &'a T { transmute(ptr) } /// Coerce a borrowed pointer to have an arbitrary associated region. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn transmute_region<'a,'b,T>(ptr: &'a T) -> &'b T { transmute(ptr) } /// Coerce an immutable reference to be mutable. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn transmute_mut_unsafe(ptr: *const T) -> *mut T { transmute(ptr) } /// Coerce an immutable reference to be mutable. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn transmute_immut_unsafe(ptr: *const T) -> *T { transmute(ptr) } /// Coerce a borrowed mutable pointer to have an arbitrary associated region. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn transmute_mut_region<'a,'b,T>(ptr: &'a mut T) -> &'b mut T { transmute(ptr) } /// Transforms lifetime of the second pointer to match the first. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn copy_lifetime<'a,S,T>(_ptr: &'a S, ptr: &T) -> &'a T { transmute_region(ptr) } /// Transforms lifetime of the second pointer to match the first. #[inline(always)] pub unsafe fn copy_lifetime_vec<'a,S,T>(_ptr: &'a [S], ptr: &T) -> &'a T { transmute_region(ptr) } /**************************************************************************** * Tests ****************************************************************************/ #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use cast::{bump_box_refcount, transmute}; #[test] #[cfg(stage0)] fn test_reinterpret_cast() { assert!(1u == unsafe { ::cast::reinterpret_cast(&1) }); } #[test] #[cfg(stage1)] #[cfg(stage2)] #[cfg(stage3)] fn test_transmute_copy() { assert!(1u == unsafe { ::cast::transmute_copy(&1) }); } #[test] fn test_bump_box_refcount() { unsafe { let box = @~"box box box"; // refcount 1 bump_box_refcount(box); // refcount 2 let ptr: *int = transmute(box); // refcount 2 let _box1: @~str = ::cast::transmute_copy(&ptr); let _box2: @~str = ::cast::transmute_copy(&ptr); assert!(*_box1 == ~"box box box"); assert!(*_box2 == ~"box box box"); // Will destroy _box1 and _box2. Without the bump, this would // use-after-free. With too many bumps, it would leak. } } #[test] fn test_transmute() { use managed::raw::BoxRepr; unsafe { let x = @100u8; let x: *BoxRepr = transmute(x); assert!((*x).data == 100); let _x: @int = transmute(x); } } #[test] fn test_transmute2() { unsafe { assert!(~[76u8, 0u8] == transmute(~"L")); } } }