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Rollup merge of #94503 - joshtriplett:core-ffi-c, r=Amanieu
Provide C FFI types via core::ffi, not just in std
Tracking issue: #94501
The ability to interoperate with C code via FFI is not limited to crates
using std; this allows using these types without std.
The existing types in `std::os::raw` become type aliases for the ones in
`core::ffi`. This uses type aliases rather than re-exports, to allow the
std types to remain stable while the core types are unstable.
This also moves the currently unstable `NonZero_` variants and
`c_size_t`/`c_ssize_t`/`c_ptrdiff_t` types to `core::ffi`, while leaving
them unstable.
Historically, we didn't do this because these types are target-dependent.
However, `core` itself is also target-dependent. `core` should not call
any OS services, but it knows the target and the target's ABI.
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[C's `char` type] is completely unlike [Rust's `char` type]; while Rust's type represents a unicode scalar value, C's `char` type is just an ordinary integer. On modern architectures this type will always be either [`i8`] or [`u8`], as they use byte-addresses memory with 8-bit bytes.
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C chars are most commonly used to make C strings. Unlike Rust, where the length of a string is included alongside the string, C strings mark the end of a string with the character `'\0'`. See [`CStr`] for more information.
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C chars are most commonly used to make C strings. Unlike Rust, where the length of a string is included alongside the string, C strings mark the end of a string with the character `'\0'`. See `CStr` for more information.
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