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I've started working on a patch for #7313 . So far I tried to replace C types in `src/libstd/unstable/*` and related files. So far, I have two questions. Is there a convention for passing pointers around in `std` as Rust types? Sometimes pointers are passed around as `*c_char` (which seems to be an `*i8`), `*c_void` or `*u8`, which leads to a lot of casts. E.g: [`exchange_malloc`](https://github.com/fhahn/rust/compare/issue-7313-replace-c-types?expand=1#diff-39f44b8c3f4496abab854b3425ac1617R60) used to return a `*c_char` but the function in turn only calls `malloc_raw` which returns a `*c_void`. Is there a specific reason for this? The second question is about `CString` and related functions like `with_c_str`. At the moment these functions use `*c_char*`. Should I replace it with `*u8` or keep it, because it's an wrapper around classical C strings? |
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| README.md | ||
| snapshots.txt | ||
This is a preliminary version of the Rust compiler, libraries and tools.
Source layout:
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
librustc/ |
The self-hosted compiler |
libstd/ |
The standard library (imported and linked by default) |
libextra/ |
The "extras" library (slightly more peripheral code) |
libgreen/ |
The M:N runtime library |
libnative/ |
The 1:1 runtime library |
libsyntax/ |
The Rust parser and pretty-printer |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
rt/ |
The runtime system |
rt/rust_*.c |
- Some of the runtime services |
rt/vg |
- Valgrind headers |
rt/msvc |
- MSVC support |
rt/sundown |
- The Markdown library used by rustdoc |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
compiletest/ |
The test runner |
test/ |
Testsuite |
test/codegen |
- Tests for the LLVM IR infrastructure |
test/compile-fail |
- Tests that should fail to compile |
test/debug-info |
- Tests for the debuginfo tool |
test/run-fail |
- Tests that should compile, run and fail |
test/run-make |
- Tests that depend on a Makefile infrastructure |
test/run-pass |
- Tests that should compile, run and succeed |
test/bench |
- Benchmarks and miscellaneous |
test/pretty |
- Pretty-printer tests |
test/auxiliary |
- Dependencies of tests |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
librustdoc/ |
The Rust API documentation tool |
librustpkg/ |
The package manager and build system |
libuv/ |
The libuv submodule |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
llvm/ |
The LLVM submodule |
rustllvm/ |
LLVM support code |
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etc/ |
Scripts, editors support, misc |