This patch adds doc aliases for "delete". The added aliases are
supposed to reference usages `delete` in other programming
languages.
- `HashMap::remove`, `BTreeMap::remove` -> `Map#delete` and `delete`
keyword in JavaScript.
- `HashSet::remove`, `BTreeSet::remove` -> `Set#delete` in JavaScript.
- `mem::drop` -> `delete` keyword in C++.
- `fs::remove_file`, `fs::remove_dir`, `fs::remove_dir_all`
-> `File#delete` in Java, `File#delete` and `Dir#delete` in Ruby.
Before this change, searching for "delete" in documentation
returned no results.
Add `MaybeUninit` method `array_assume_init`
When initialising an array element-by-element, the conversion to the initialised array is done through `mem::transmute`, which is both ugly and does not work with const generics (see #61956). This PR proposes the associated method `array_assume_init`, matching the style of `slice_assume_init_*`:
```rust
unsafe fn array_assume_init<T, const N: usize>(array: [MaybeUninit<T>; N]) -> [T; N];
```
Example:
```rust
let mut array: [MaybeUninit<i32>; 3] = MaybeUninit::uninit_array();
array[0].write(0);
array[1].write(1);
array[2].write(2);
// SAFETY: Now safe as we initialised all elements
let array: [i32; 3] = unsafe {
MaybeUninit::array_assume_init(array)
};
```
Things I'm unsure about:
* Should this be a method of array instead?
* Should the function be const?
Don't recommend ManuallyDrop to customize drop order
See
https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/need-for-controlling-drop-order-of-fields/12914/21
for the discussion.
TL;DR: ManuallyDrop is unsafe and footguny, but you can just ask the compiler to do all the work for you by re-ordering declarations.
Specifically, the original example from the docs is much better written as
```rust
struct Peach;
struct Banana;
struct Melon;
struct FruitBox {
melon: Melon,
// XXX: mind the relative drop order of the fields below
peach: Peach,
banana: Banana,
}
```
Remove internal and unstable MaybeUninit::UNINIT.
Looks like it is no longer necessary, as `uninit_array()` can be used instead in the few cases where it was needed.
(I wanted to just add `#[doc(hidden)]` to remove clutter from the documentation, but looks like it can just be removed entirely.)
Add MaybeUninit::assume_init_drop.
`ManuallyDrop`'s documentation tells the user to use `MaybeUninit` instead when handling uninitialized data. However, the main functionality of `ManuallyDrop` (`drop`) is not available directly on `MaybeUninit`. Adding it makes it easier to switch from one to the other.
I re-used the `maybe_uninit_extra` feature and tracking issue number (#63567), since it seems very related. (And to avoid creating too many features tracking issues for `MaybeUninit`.)
ManuallyDrop's documentation tells the user to use MaybeUninit instead
when handling uninitialized data. However, the main functionality of
ManuallyDrop (drop) was not available directly on MaybeUninit. Adding it
makes it easier to switch from one to the other.
rename get_{ref, mut} to assume_init_{ref,mut} in Maybeuninit
References #63568
Rework with comments addressed from #66174
Have replaced most of the occurrences I've found, hopefully didn't miss out anything
r? @RalfJung
(thanks @danielhenrymantilla for the initial work on this)
