// Copyright 2012-2015 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. //! A pointer type for heap allocation. //! //! `Box`, casually referred to as a 'box', provides the simplest form of //! heap allocation in Rust. Boxes provide ownership for this allocation, and //! drop their contents when they go out of scope. //! //! Boxes are useful in two situations: recursive data structures, and //! occasionally when returning data. [The Pointer chapter of the //! Book](../../../book/pointers.html#best-practices-1) explains these cases in //! detail. //! //! # Examples //! //! Creating a box: //! //! ``` //! let x = Box::new(5); //! ``` //! //! Creating a recursive data structure: //! //! ``` //! #[derive(Debug)] //! enum List { //! Cons(T, Box>), //! Nil, //! } //! //! fn main() { //! let list: List = List::Cons(1, Box::new(List::Cons(2, Box::new(List::Nil)))); //! println!("{:?}", list); //! } //! ``` //! //! This will print `Cons(1, Box(Cons(2, Box(Nil))))`. #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] use core::prelude::*; use core::any::Any; use core::cmp::Ordering; use core::default::Default; use core::error::{Error, FromError}; use core::fmt; use core::hash::{self, Hash}; use core::mem; use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut}; use core::ptr::Unique; use core::raw::TraitObject; /// A value that represents the heap. This is the default place that the `box` /// keyword allocates into when no place is supplied. /// /// The following two examples are equivalent: /// /// ``` /// # #![feature(alloc)] /// #![feature(box_syntax)] /// use std::boxed::HEAP; /// /// fn main() { /// let foo = box(HEAP) 5; /// let foo = box 5; /// } /// ``` #[lang = "exchange_heap"] #[unstable(feature = "alloc", reason = "may be renamed; uncertain about custom allocator design")] pub static HEAP: () = (); /// A pointer type for heap allocation. /// /// See the [module-level documentation](../../std/boxed/index.html) for more. #[lang = "owned_box"] #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] pub struct Box(Unique); impl Box { /// Allocates memory on the heap and then moves `x` into it. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// let x = Box::new(5); /// ``` #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] #[inline(always)] pub fn new(x: T) -> Box { box x } } impl Box { /// Constructs a box from the raw pointer. /// /// After this function call, pointer is owned by resulting box. /// In particular, it means that `Box` destructor calls destructor /// of `T` and releases memory. Since the way `Box` allocates and /// releases memory is unspecified, the only valid pointer to pass /// to this function is the one taken from another `Box` with /// `boxed::into_raw` function. /// /// Function is unsafe, because improper use of this function may /// lead to memory problems like double-free, for example if the /// function is called twice on the same raw pointer. #[unstable(feature = "alloc", reason = "may be renamed or moved out of Box scope")] #[inline] pub unsafe fn from_raw(raw: *mut T) -> Self { mem::transmute(raw) } } /// Consumes the `Box`, returning the wrapped raw pointer. /// /// After call to this function, caller is responsible for the memory /// previously managed by `Box`, in particular caller should properly /// destroy `T` and release memory. The proper way to do it is to /// convert pointer back to `Box` with `Box::from_raw` function, because /// `Box` does not specify, how memory is allocated. /// /// Function is unsafe, because result of this function is no longer /// automatically managed that may lead to memory or other resource /// leak. /// /// # Examples /// ``` /// # #![feature(alloc)] /// use std::boxed; /// /// let seventeen = Box::new(17u32); /// let raw = unsafe { boxed::into_raw(seventeen) }; /// let boxed_again = unsafe { Box::from_raw(raw) }; /// ``` #[unstable(feature = "alloc", reason = "may be renamed")] #[inline] pub unsafe fn into_raw(b: Box) -> *mut T { mem::transmute(b) } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Default for Box { #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] fn default() -> Box { box Default::default() } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Default for Box<[T]> { #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] fn default() -> Box<[T]> { Box::<[T; 0]>::new([]) } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Clone for Box { /// Returns a new box with a `clone()` of this box's contents. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// let x = Box::new(5); /// let y = x.clone(); /// ``` #[inline] fn clone(&self) -> Box { box {(**self).clone()} } /// Copies `source`'s contents into `self` without creating a new allocation. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// # #![feature(alloc, core)] /// let x = Box::new(5); /// let mut y = Box::new(10); /// /// y.clone_from(&x); /// /// assert_eq!(*y, 5); /// ``` #[inline] fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Box) { (**self).clone_from(&(**source)); } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl PartialEq for Box { #[inline] fn eq(&self, other: &Box) -> bool { PartialEq::eq(&**self, &**other) } #[inline] fn ne(&self, other: &Box) -> bool { PartialEq::ne(&**self, &**other) } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl PartialOrd for Box { #[inline] fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Box) -> Option { PartialOrd::partial_cmp(&**self, &**other) } #[inline] fn lt(&self, other: &Box) -> bool { PartialOrd::lt(&**self, &**other) } #[inline] fn le(&self, other: &Box) -> bool { PartialOrd::le(&**self, &**other) } #[inline] fn ge(&self, other: &Box) -> bool { PartialOrd::ge(&**self, &**other) } #[inline] fn gt(&self, other: &Box) -> bool { PartialOrd::gt(&**self, &**other) } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Ord for Box { #[inline] fn cmp(&self, other: &Box) -> Ordering { Ord::cmp(&**self, &**other) } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Eq for Box {} #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Hash for Box { fn hash(&self, state: &mut H) { (**self).hash(state); } } /// Extension methods for an owning `Any` trait object. #[unstable(feature = "alloc", reason = "this trait will likely disappear once compiler bugs blocking \ a direct impl on `Box` have been fixed ")] // FIXME(#18737): this should be a direct impl on `Box`. If you're // removing this please make sure that you can downcase on // `Box` as well as `Box` pub trait BoxAny { /// Returns the boxed value if it is of type `T`, or /// `Err(Self)` if it isn't. #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] fn downcast(self) -> Result, Box>; } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl BoxAny for Box { #[inline] fn downcast(self) -> Result, Box> { if self.is::() { unsafe { // Get the raw representation of the trait object let raw = into_raw(self); let to: TraitObject = mem::transmute::<*mut Any, TraitObject>(raw); // Extract the data pointer Ok(Box::from_raw(to.data as *mut T)) } } else { Err(self) } } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl BoxAny for Box { #[inline] fn downcast(self) -> Result, Box> { >::downcast(self) } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl fmt::Display for Box { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result { fmt::Display::fmt(&**self, f) } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl fmt::Debug for Box { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result { fmt::Debug::fmt(&**self, f) } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl fmt::Debug for Box { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result { f.pad("Box") } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Deref for Box { type Target = T; fn deref(&self) -> &T { &**self } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl DerefMut for Box { fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T { &mut **self } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Iterator for Box { type Item = I::Item; fn next(&mut self) -> Option { (**self).next() } fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option) { (**self).size_hint() } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl DoubleEndedIterator for Box { fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option { (**self).next_back() } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl ExactSizeIterator for Box {} #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl<'a, E: Error + 'a> FromError for Box { fn from_error(err: E) -> Box { Box::new(err) } }