rust/src/libcore/unsafe.rs
2012-01-17 19:41:05 -08:00

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Rust

/*
Module: unsafe
Unsafe operations
*/
export reinterpret_cast, leak;
#[abi = "rust-intrinsic"]
native mod rusti {
fn cast<T, U>(src: T) -> U;
}
#[abi = "cdecl"]
native mod rustrt {
fn leak<T>(-thing: T);
}
/*
Function: reinterpret_cast
Casts the value at `src` to U. The two types must have the same length.
*/
unsafe fn reinterpret_cast<T, U>(src: T) -> U {
let t1 = sys::get_type_desc::<T>();
let t2 = sys::get_type_desc::<U>();
if (*t1).size != (*t2).size {
fail "attempt to cast values of differing sizes";
}
ret rusti::cast(src);
}
/*
Function: leak
Move `thing` into the void.
The leak 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.
*/
unsafe fn leak<T>(-thing: T) { rustrt::leak(thing); }
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
#[test]
fn test_reinterpret_cast() unsafe {
assert reinterpret_cast(1) == 1u;
}
#[test]
#[should_fail]
#[ignore(cfg(target_os = "win32"))]
fn test_reinterpret_cast_wrong_size() unsafe {
let _i: uint = reinterpret_cast(0u8);
}
}