rust/src/libcore/unsafe.rs

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Rust

//! Unsafe operations
export reinterpret_cast, forget, bump_box_refcount, transmute;
#[abi = "rust-intrinsic"]
extern mod rusti {
fn forget<T>(-x: T);
fn reinterpret_cast<T, U>(e: T) -> U;
}
/// Casts the value at `src` to U. The two types must have the same length.
#[inline(always)]
unsafe fn reinterpret_cast<T, U>(src: T) -> U {
rusti::reinterpret_cast(src)
}
/**
* 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 managed pointer types.
*/
#[inline(always)]
unsafe fn forget<T>(-thing: T) { rusti::forget(thing); }
/**
* Force-increment the reference count on a shared box. If used
* uncarefully, 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
*/
unsafe fn bump_box_refcount<T>(+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];
*/
unsafe fn transmute<L, G>(-thing: L) -> G {
let newthing = reinterpret_cast(thing);
forget(thing);
ret newthing;
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
#[test]
fn test_reinterpret_cast() {
assert unsafe { reinterpret_cast(1) } == 1u;
}
#[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 = reinterpret_cast(ptr);
let _box2: @~str = reinterpret_cast(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() {
unsafe {
let x = @1;
let x: *int = transmute(x);
assert *x == 1;
let _x: @int = transmute(x);
}
}
#[test]
fn test_transmute2() {
unsafe {
assert transmute(~"L") == ~[76u8, 0u8];
}
}
}