@@ -55,18 +55,15 @@ use crate::{fmt, ops, slice, str};
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/// Passing a Rust-originating C string:
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///
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/// ```
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- /// use std::ffi::{CString, CStr} ;
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+ /// use std::ffi::CStr;
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/// use std::os::raw::c_char;
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///
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/// fn work(data: &CStr) {
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- /// # /* Extern functions are awkward in doc comments - fake it instead
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- /// extern "C" { fn work_with(data: *const c_char); }
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- /// # */ unsafe extern "C" fn work_with(s: *const c_char) {}
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- ///
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+ /// unsafe extern "C" fn work_with(s: *const c_char) {}
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/// unsafe { work_with(data.as_ptr()) }
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/// }
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///
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- /// let s = CString::new("data data data data").expect("CString::new failed") ;
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+ /// let s = c"Hello world!" ;
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/// work(&s);
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/// ```
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///
@@ -384,13 +381,12 @@ impl CStr {
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/// # Examples
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///
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/// ```
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- /// use std::ffi::{ CStr, CString} ;
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+ /// use std::ffi::CStr;
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///
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- /// unsafe {
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- /// let cstring = CString::new("hello").expect("CString::new failed");
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- /// let cstr = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(cstring.to_bytes_with_nul());
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- /// assert_eq!(cstr, &*cstring);
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- /// }
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+ /// let bytes = b"Hello world!\0";
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+ ///
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+ /// let cstr = unsafe { CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(bytes) };
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+ /// assert_eq!(cstr.to_bytes_with_nul(), bytes);
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/// ```
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#[ inline]
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#[ must_use]
@@ -449,38 +445,43 @@ impl CStr {
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/// behavior when `ptr` is used inside the `unsafe` block:
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///
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/// ```no_run
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- /// # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
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/// # #![expect(dangling_pointers_from_temporaries)]
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- /// use std::ffi::CString;
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+ /// use std::ffi::{CStr, CString} ;
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///
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- /// // Do not do this:
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- /// let ptr = CString::new("Hello").expect("CString::new failed").as_ptr();
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- /// unsafe {
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- /// // `ptr` is dangling
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- /// *ptr;
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- /// }
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+ /// // 💀 The meaning of this entire program is undefined,
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+ /// // 💀 and nothing about its behavior is guaranteed,
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+ /// // 💀 not even that its behavior resembles the code as written,
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+ /// // 💀 just because it contains a single instance of undefined behavior!
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+ ///
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+ /// // 🚨 creates a dangling pointer to a temporary `CString`
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+ /// // 🚨 that is deallocated at the end of the statement
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+ /// let ptr = CString::new("Hi!".to_uppercase()).unwrap().as_ptr();
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+ ///
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+ /// // without undefined behavior, you would expect that `ptr` equals:
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+ /// dbg!(CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"HI!\0").unwrap());
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+ ///
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+ /// // 🙏 Possibly the program behaved as expected so far,
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+ /// // 🙏 and this just shows `ptr` is now garbage..., but
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+ /// // 💀 this violates `CStr::from_ptr`'s safety contract
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+ /// // 💀 leading to a dereference of a dangling pointer,
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+ /// // 💀 which is immediate undefined behavior.
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+ /// // 💀 *BOOM*, you're dead, you're entire program has no meaning.
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+ /// dbg!(unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ptr) });
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/// ```
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///
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- /// This happens because the pointer returned by `as_ptr` does not carry any
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- /// lifetime information and the `CString` is deallocated immediately after
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- /// the `CString::new("Hello").expect("CString::new failed").as_ptr()`
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- /// expression is evaluated.
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+ /// This happens because, the pointer returned by `as_ptr` does not carry any
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+ /// lifetime information, and the `CString` is deallocated immediately after
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+ /// the expression that it is part of has been evaluated.
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/// To fix the problem, bind the `CString` to a local variable:
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///
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- /// ```no_run
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- /// # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
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- /// use std::ffi::CString;
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- ///
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- /// let hello = CString::new("Hello").expect("CString::new failed");
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- /// let ptr = hello.as_ptr();
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- /// unsafe {
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- /// // `ptr` is valid because `hello` is in scope
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- /// *ptr;
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- /// }
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/// ```
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+ /// use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
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///
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- /// This way, the lifetime of the `CString` in `hello` encompasses
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- /// the lifetime of `ptr` and the `unsafe` block.
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+ /// let c_str = CString::new("Hi!".to_uppercase()).unwrap();
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+ /// let ptr = c_str.as_ptr();
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+ ///
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+ /// assert_eq!(unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ptr) }, c"HI!");
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+ /// ```
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#[ inline]
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#[ must_use]
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#[ stable( feature = "rust1" , since = "1.0.0" ) ]
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