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17 changes: 10 additions & 7 deletions src/libcore/ffi.rs
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Expand Up @@ -13,24 +13,27 @@ use ::fmt;
/// and `*mut c_void` is equivalent to C's `void*`. That said, this is
/// *not* the same as C's `void` return type, which is Rust's `()` type.
///
/// Ideally, this type would be equivalent to [`!`], but currently it may
/// be more ideal to use `c_void` for FFI purposes.
/// To model pointers to opaque types in FFI, until `extern type` is
/// stabilized, it is recommended to use a newtype wrapper around an empty
/// byte array. See the [Nomicon] for details.
///
/// [`!`]: ../../std/primitive.never.html
/// [pointer]: ../../std/primitive.pointer.html
/// [Nomicon]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/ffi.html#representing-opaque-structs
// N.B., for LLVM to recognize the void pointer type and by extension
// functions like malloc(), we need to have it represented as i8* in
// LLVM bitcode. The enum used here ensures this and prevents misuse
// of the "raw" type by only having private variants.. We need two
// of the "raw" type by only having private variants. We need two
// variants, because the compiler complains about the repr attribute
// otherwise.
// otherwise and we need at least one variant as otherwise the enum
// would be uninhabited and at least dereferencing such pointers would
// be UB.
#[repr(u8)]
#[stable(feature = "raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
pub enum c_void {
#[unstable(feature = "c_void_variant", reason = "should not have to exist",
#[unstable(feature = "c_void_variant", reason = "temporary implementation detail",
issue = "0")]
#[doc(hidden)] __variant1,
#[unstable(feature = "c_void_variant", reason = "should not have to exist",
#[unstable(feature = "c_void_variant", reason = "temporary implementation detail",
issue = "0")]
#[doc(hidden)] __variant2,
}
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