Since https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/95340 landed, Miri with
-Zmiri-check-number-validity produces an error on the test suites of
some crates which implement concurrency tools, because it seems like
such crates tend to use std::sync::mpsc in their tests. This fixes the
problem by storing pointer bytes in a pointer.
This updates the standard library's documentation to use the new syntax. The
documentation is worthwhile to update as it should be more idiomatic
(particularly for features like this, which are nice for users to get acquainted
with). The general codebase is likely more hassle than benefit to update: it'll
hurt git blame, and generally updates can be done by folks updating the code if
(and when) that makes things more readable with the new format.
A few places in the compiler and library code are updated (mostly just due to
already having been done when this commit was first authored).
The documentation on `std::sync::mpsc::Iter` and `std::sync::mpsc::TryIter` provides links to the corresponding `Receiver` methods, unlike `std::sync::mpsc::IntoIter` does.
This was left out in c59b188aae
Related to #29377
There is a known bug in the implementation of mpsc channels in rust.
This adds a clearer error message when the bug occurs, so that developers don't lose too much time looking for the origin of the bug.
See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/39364
Explain non-dropped sender recv in docs
Original senders that are still hanging around could cause
Receiver::recv to not block since this is a potential footgun
for beginners, clarify more on this in the docs for readers to
be aware about it.
Maybe it would be better to show an example of the pattern where `drop(tx)` is used when it is being cloned multiple times? Although I have seen it in quite a few articles but I am surprised that this part is not very clear with the current words without careful reading.
> If the corresponding Sender has disconnected, or it disconnects while this call is blocking, this call will wake up and return Err to indicate that no more messages can ever be received on this channel. However, since channels are buffered, messages sent before the disconnect will still be properly received.
Some words there may seemed similar if I carefully read and relate it but if I am new, I probably does not know "drop" makes it "disconnected". So I mention the words "drop" and "alive" to make it more relatable to lifetime.
Original senders that are still hanging around could cause
Receiver::recv to not block since this is a potential footgun
for beginners, clarify more on this in the docs for readers to
be aware about it.
Fix minor tidbits in sender recv doc
Co-authored-by: Dylan DPC <dylan.dpc@gmail.com>
Add example for unbounded receive loops in doc
Show the drop(tx) pattern, based on tokio docs
https://tokio-rs.github.io/tokio/doc/tokio/sync/index.html
Fix example code for drop sender recv
Fix wording in sender docs
Co-authored-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
