// Copyright 2014 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. //! Rust's core allocation library //! //! This is the lowest level library through which allocation in Rust can be //! performed where the allocation is assumed to succeed. This library will //! trigger a task failure when allocation fails. //! //! This library, like libcore, is not intended for general usage, but rather as //! a building block of other libraries. The types and interfaces in this //! library are reexported through the [standard library](../std/index.html), //! and should not be used through this library. //! //! Currently, there are four major definitions in this library. //! //! ## Owned pointers //! //! The [`Box`](owned/index.html) type is the core owned pointer type in rust. //! There can only be one owner of a `Box`, and the owner can decide to mutate //! the contents. //! //! This type can be sent among tasks efficiently as the size of a `Box` value //! is just a pointer. Tree-like data structures are often built on owned //! pointers because each node often has only one owner, the parent. //! //! ## Reference counted pointers //! //! The [`Rc`](rc/index.html) type is a non-threadsafe reference-counted pointer //! type intended for sharing memory within a task. An `Rc` pointer wraps a //! type, `T`, and only allows access to `&T`, a shared reference. //! //! This type is useful when inherited mutability is too constraining for an //! application (such as using `Box`), and is often paired with the `Cell` or //! `RefCell` types in order to allow mutation. //! //! ## Atomically reference counted pointers //! //! The [`Arc`](arc/index.html) type is the threadsafe equivalent of the `Rc` //! type. It provides all the same functionality of `Rc`, except it requires //! that the contained type `T` is shareable. Additionally, `Arc` is itself //! sendable while `Rc` is not. //! //! This types allows for shared access to the contained data, and is often //! paired with synchronization primitives such as mutexes to allow mutation of //! shared resources. //! //! ## Heap interfaces //! //! The [`heap`](heap/index.html) and [`libc_heap`](libc_heap/index.html) //! modules are the unsafe interfaces to the underlying allocation systems. The //! `heap` module is considered the default heap, and is not necessarily backed //! by libc malloc/free. The `libc_heap` module is defined to be wired up to //! the system malloc/free. #![crate_id = "alloc#0.11.0-pre"] #![license = "MIT/ASL2"] #![crate_type = "rlib"] #![doc(html_logo_url = "http://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk-v2.png", html_favicon_url = "http://www.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico", html_root_url = "http://doc.rust-lang.org/")] #![no_std] #![feature(phase)] #[phase(syntax, link)] extern crate core; extern crate libc; // Allow testing this library #[cfg(test)] extern crate debug; #[cfg(test)] extern crate sync; #[cfg(test)] extern crate native; #[cfg(test)] #[phase(syntax, link)] extern crate std; #[cfg(test)] #[phase(syntax, link)] extern crate log; // Heaps provided for low-level allocation strategies pub mod heap; pub mod libc_heap; pub mod util; // Primitive types using the heaps above #[cfg(not(test))] pub mod owned; pub mod arc; pub mod rc; #[cfg(not(test))] #[doc(hidden)] mod std { pub use core::fmt; pub use core::option; }