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1// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
2// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
3// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
4//
5// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
6// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
7// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
8// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
9// except according to those terms.
10
11//! # The Rust core allocation library
12//!
13//! This is the lowest level library through which allocation in Rust can be
14//! performed.
15//!
16//! This library, like libcore, is not intended for general usage, but rather as
17//! a building block of other libraries. The types and interfaces in this
18//! library are reexported through the [standard library](../std/index.html),
19//! and should not be used through this library.
20//!
21//! Currently, there are four major definitions in this library.
22//!
23//! ## Boxed values
24//!
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25//! The [`Box`](boxed/index.html) type is a smart pointer type. There can
26//! only be one owner of a `Box`, and the owner can decide to mutate the
27//! contents, which live on the heap.
1a4d82fc 28//!
bd371182 29//! This type can be sent among threads efficiently as the size of a `Box` value
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30//! is the same as that of a pointer. Tree-like data structures are often built
31//! with boxes because each node often has only one owner, the parent.
32//!
33//! ## Reference counted pointers
34//!
35//! The [`Rc`](rc/index.html) type is a non-threadsafe reference-counted pointer
bd371182 36//! type intended for sharing memory within a thread. An `Rc` pointer wraps a
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37//! type, `T`, and only allows access to `&T`, a shared reference.
38//!
39//! This type is useful when inherited mutability (such as using `Box`) is too
40//! constraining for an application, and is often paired with the `Cell` or
41//! `RefCell` types in order to allow mutation.
42//!
43//! ## Atomically reference counted pointers
44//!
45//! The [`Arc`](arc/index.html) type is the threadsafe equivalent of the `Rc`
46//! type. It provides all the same functionality of `Rc`, except it requires
47//! that the contained type `T` is shareable. Additionally, `Arc<T>` is itself
48//! sendable while `Rc<T>` is not.
49//!
50//! This types allows for shared access to the contained data, and is often
51//! paired with synchronization primitives such as mutexes to allow mutation of
52//! shared resources.
53//!
54//! ## Heap interfaces
55//!
56//! The [`heap`](heap/index.html) module defines the low-level interface to the
57//! default global allocator. It is not compatible with the libc allocator API.
58
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59// Do not remove on snapshot creation. Needed for bootstrap. (Issue #22364)
60#![cfg_attr(stage0, feature(custom_attribute))]
1a4d82fc 61#![crate_name = "alloc"]
1a4d82fc 62#![crate_type = "rlib"]
92a42be0 63#![cfg_attr(stage0, staged_api)]
e9174d1e 64#![allow(unused_attributes)]
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65#![unstable(feature = "alloc",
66 reason = "this library is unlikely to be stabilized in its current \
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67 form or name",
68 issue = "27783")]
69#![doc(html_logo_url = "https://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk-v2.png",
62682a34 70 html_favicon_url = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico",
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71 html_root_url = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/",
72 issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/",
92a42be0 73 test(no_crate_inject, attr(allow(unused_variables), deny(warnings))))]
1a4d82fc 74#![no_std]
e9174d1e 75#![cfg_attr(not(stage0), needs_allocator)]
62682a34 76
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77#![cfg_attr(stage0, feature(rustc_attrs))]
78#![cfg_attr(stage0, feature(no_std))]
79#![cfg_attr(stage0, allow(unused_attributes))]
c34b1796 80#![feature(allocator)]
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81#![feature(box_syntax)]
82#![feature(coerce_unsized)]
62682a34 83#![feature(core_intrinsics)]
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84#![feature(custom_attribute)]
85#![feature(fundamental)]
d9579d0f 86#![feature(lang_items)]
62682a34 87#![feature(nonzero)]
e9174d1e 88#![feature(num_bits_bytes)]
85aaf69f 89#![feature(optin_builtin_traits)]
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90#![feature(placement_in_syntax)]
91#![feature(placement_new_protocol)]
62682a34 92#![feature(raw)]
b039eaaf 93#![feature(shared)]
62682a34 94#![feature(staged_api)]
85aaf69f 95#![feature(unboxed_closures)]
c34b1796 96#![feature(unique)]
62682a34 97#![feature(unsafe_no_drop_flag, filling_drop)]
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98// SNAP 1af31d4
99#![allow(unused_features)]
100// SNAP 1af31d4
101#![allow(unused_attributes)]
102#![feature(dropck_parametricity)]
62682a34 103#![feature(unsize)]
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104#![feature(drop_in_place)]
105#![feature(fn_traits)]
106
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107#![cfg_attr(stage0, feature(alloc_system))]
108#![cfg_attr(not(stage0), feature(needs_allocator))]
62682a34 109
b039eaaf 110#![cfg_attr(test, feature(test, rustc_private, box_heap))]
85aaf69f 111
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112#[cfg(stage0)]
113extern crate alloc_system;
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114
115// Allow testing this library
116
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117#[cfg(test)]
118#[macro_use]
119extern crate std;
120#[cfg(test)]
121#[macro_use]
122extern crate log;
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123
124// Heaps provided for low-level allocation strategies
125
126pub mod heap;
127
128// Primitive types using the heaps above
129
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130// Need to conditionally define the mod from `boxed.rs` to avoid
131// duplicating the lang-items when building in test cfg; but also need
132// to allow code to have `use boxed::HEAP;`
133// and `use boxed::Box;` declarations.
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134#[cfg(not(test))]
135pub mod boxed;
85aaf69f 136#[cfg(test)]
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137mod boxed {
138 pub use std::boxed::{Box, HEAP};
139}
c34b1796 140#[cfg(test)]
85aaf69f 141mod boxed_test;
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142pub mod arc;
143pub mod rc;
c1a9b12d 144pub mod raw_vec;
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145
146/// Common out-of-memory routine
147#[cold]
148#[inline(never)]
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149#[unstable(feature = "oom", reason = "not a scrutinized interface",
150 issue = "27700")]
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151pub fn oom() -> ! {
152 // FIXME(#14674): This really needs to do something other than just abort
153 // here, but any printing done must be *guaranteed* to not
154 // allocate.
155 unsafe { core::intrinsics::abort() }
156}