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+//! Auxiliary `minicore` prelude which stubs out `core` items for `no_core` tests that need to work
+//! in cross-compilation scenarios where no `core` is available (that don't want nor need to
+//! `-Zbuild-std`).
+//!
+//! # Important notes
+//!
+//! - `minicore` is **only** intended for `core` items, and the stubs should match the actual `core`
+//!   items.
+//!
+//! # References
+//!
+//! This is partially adapted from `rustc_codegen_cranelift`:
+//! <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/c0b5cc9003f6464c11ae1c0662c6a7e06f6f5cab/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/example/mini_core.rs>.
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+
+#![feature(no_core, lang_items, rustc_attrs)]
+#![allow(unused, improper_ctypes_definitions, internal_features)]
+#![no_std]
+#![no_core]
+
+#[lang = "sized"]
+pub trait Sized {}
+
+#[lang = "receiver"]
+pub trait Receiver {}
+impl<T: ?Sized> Receiver for &T {}
+impl<T: ?Sized> Receiver for &mut T {}
+
+#[lang = "copy"]
+pub trait Copy {}
+
+impl Copy for bool {}
+impl Copy for u8 {}
+impl Copy for u16 {}
+impl Copy for u32 {}
+impl Copy for u64 {}
+impl Copy for u128 {}
+impl Copy for usize {}
+impl Copy for i8 {}
+impl Copy for i16 {}
+impl Copy for i32 {}
+impl Copy for isize {}
+impl Copy for f32 {}
+impl Copy for f64 {}
+impl Copy for char {}
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized> Copy for &'a T {}
+impl<T: ?Sized> Copy for *const T {}
+impl<T: ?Sized> Copy for *mut T {}
+
+#[lang = "phantom_data"]
+pub struct PhantomData<T: ?Sized>;
+impl<T: ?Sized> Copy for PhantomData<T> {}
+
+pub enum Option<T> {
+    None,
+    Some(T),
+}
+impl<T: Copy> Copy for Option<T> {}
+
+pub enum Result<T, E> {
+    Ok(T),
+    Err(E),
+}
+impl<T: Copy, E: Copy> Copy for Result<T, E> {}
+
+#[lang = "manually_drop"]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct ManuallyDrop<T: ?Sized> {
+    value: T,
+}
+impl<T: Copy + ?Sized> Copy for ManuallyDrop<T> {}
+
+#[lang = "unsafe_cell"]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct UnsafeCell<T: ?Sized> {
+    value: T,
+}