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Tracking issue for RFC 2521, "Unify std::os::raw::c_void and libc::c_void via libcore" #53856

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Centril opened this issue Aug 31, 2018 · 10 comments
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Tracking issue for RFC 2521, "Unify std::os::raw::c_void and libc::c_void via libcore" #53856

Centril opened this issue Aug 31, 2018 · 10 comments
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Centril commented Aug 31, 2018 •
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This is a tracking issue for the RFC "Unify std::os::raw::c_void and libc::c_void via libcore" (rust-lang/rfcs#2521).

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@Centril Centril added B-RFC-approved Blocker: Approved by a merged RFC but not yet implemented. T-libs-api Relevant to the library API team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue. C-tracking-issue Category: A tracking issue for an RFC or an unstable feature. labels Aug 31, 2018
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OK per what @retep998 was saying, if we can get Cargo to ensure that use_std is always used when std is used, we can and should avoid putting anything in libcore.

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@Ericson2314 without a design of how to do that it's simply not an option. There is no ability to do that today, and it's not clear how that would be done (nor whether it's desirable).

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I'd like to work on this :)

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Auto merge of #53910 - IsaacWoods:unify_cvoid, r=SimonSapin
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Move std::os::raw::c_void into libcore and re-export in libstd

Implements the first part of [RFC 2521](rust-lang/rfcs#2521).

cc #53856
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Auto merge of #1082 - IsaacWoods:core_cvoid, r=alexcrichton
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Re-export core::ffi::c_void if it exists

This is the second part of the implementation of [RFC 2521](rust-lang/rfcs#2521), replacing the definition of `c_void` in libc with a re-export of the type from `core::ffi::c_void` on builds it exists for.

This uses the re-export for rustc version `1.31.0` or greater, as `1.30.x` was the current nightly when [the PR for the changes to libcore and libstd](rust-lang/rust#53910) was merged, so I'm assuming the first nightly they will appear in will be `1.31.0`; is this acceptable?

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Afaik the implementation for this is now complete and will be insta-stable from 1.31.0

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Thanks for your PRs @IsaacWoods!

I believe core::ffi::c_void is also available in 1.30.0. What do you think of having libc’s build script do feature detection (run rustc on a dummy file that imports core::ffi::c_void) instead of version detection like rust-lang/libc#1082 does?

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I went with 1.31.0 to make sure not to break nightly users using a 1.30.0 libstd without the change but upgrading libc, but feature detection would probably be better. I’ll send another PR when I have the chance

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Auto merge of #1086 - IsaacWoods:master, r=alexcrichton
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Revisit work on cvoid

At the recommendation of @SimonSapin [here](rust-lang/rust#53856 (comment)), I have revisited the build script to check whether `core::ffi::c_void` resolves, instead of relying on a particular `rustc` version. This allows use on `1.30.x` builds with `core::ffi::c_void`.

I also noticed that `c_void` is defined twice in this crate, once in `lib.rs` and again in `switch.rs`. This instead defines `c_void` for every target except `wasm32`. As far as I can tell, this shouldn't actually change functionality on any existing targets.
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Auto merge of #1086 - IsaacWoods:master, r=alexcrichton
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Revisit work on cvoid

At the recommendation of @SimonSapin [here](rust-lang/rust#53856 (comment)), I have revisited the build script to check whether `core::ffi::c_void` resolves, instead of relying on a particular `rustc` version. This allows use on `1.30.x` builds with `core::ffi::c_void`.

I also noticed that `c_void` is defined twice in this crate, once in `lib.rs` and again in `switch.rs`. This instead defines `c_void` for every target except `wasm32`. As far as I can tell, this shouldn't actually change functionality on any existing targets.
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kHigasa commented Nov 26, 2018

I could confirm that this issue was fixed. I was able to build correctly with rustc 1.32.0-nightly (6acbb5b65 2018-11-25) :)

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elichai commented Feb 18, 2019 •
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why not move all std::os::raw to libcore too?

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Found the RFC about it, sorry. rust-lang/rfcs#1783

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https:/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2521-c_void-reunification.md

This has been extensively discussed already:

In some of those discussions, there was no consensus for having integer type aliases in libcore because some of them are platform-specific but libcore “should be pure”.

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This was insta-stable (with FCP) in #53910, so closing as it seems there is nothing else to track here. Feel free to reopen if there is.

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