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1//! # The Rust Core Library
2//!
3//! The Rust Core Library is the dependency-free[^free] foundation of [The
4//! Rust Standard Library](../std/index.html). It is the portable glue
5//! between the language and its libraries, defining the intrinsic and
6//! primitive building blocks of all Rust code. It links to no
7//! upstream libraries, no system libraries, and no libc.
8//!
9//! [^free]: Strictly speaking, there are some symbols which are needed but
10//!          they aren't always necessary.
11//!
12//! The core library is *minimal*: it isn't even aware of heap allocation,
13//! nor does it provide concurrency or I/O. These things require
14//! platform integration, and this library is platform-agnostic.
15//!
16//! # How to use the core library
17//!
18//! Please note that all of these details are currently not considered stable.
19//!
20// FIXME: Fill me in with more detail when the interface settles
21//! This library is built on the assumption of a few existing symbols:
22//!
23//! * `memcpy`, `memmove`, `memset`, `memcmp`, `bcmp`, `strlen` - These are core memory routines
24//!   which are generated by Rust codegen backends. Additionally, this library can make explicit
25//!   calls to `strlen`. Their signatures are the same as found in C, but there are extra
26//!   assumptions about their semantics: For `memcpy`, `memmove`, `memset`, `memcmp`, and `bcmp`, if
27//!   the `n` parameter is 0, the function is assumed to not be UB, even if the pointers are NULL or
28//!   dangling. (Note that making extra assumptions about these functions is common among compilers:
29//!   [clang](https://reviews.llvm.org/D86993) and [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Standards.html#C-Language) do the same.)
30//!   These functions are often provided by the system libc, but can also be provided by the
31//!   [compiler-builtins crate](https://crates.io/crates/compiler_builtins).
32//!   Note that the library does not guarantee that it will always make these assumptions, so Rust
33//!   user code directly calling the C functions should follow the C specification! The advice for
34//!   Rust user code is to call the functions provided by this library instead (such as
35//!   `ptr::copy`).
36//!
37//! * Panic handler - This function takes one argument, a `&panic::PanicInfo`. It is up to consumers of this core
38//!   library to define this panic function; it is only required to never
39//!   return. You should mark your implementation using `#[panic_handler]`.
40//!
41//! * `rust_eh_personality` - is used by the failure mechanisms of the
42//!   compiler. This is often mapped to GCC's personality function, but crates
43//!   which do not trigger a panic can be assured that this function is never
44//!   called. The `lang` attribute is called `eh_personality`.
45
46#![stable(feature = "core", since = "1.6.0")]
47#![doc(
48    html_playground_url = "https://play.rust-lang.org/",
49    issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/",
50    test(no_crate_inject, attr(deny(warnings))),
51    test(attr(allow(dead_code, deprecated, unused_variables, unused_mut, duplicate_features)))
52)]
53#![doc(rust_logo)]
54#![doc(auto_cfg(
55    hide(no_fp_fmt_parse),
56    hide(target_pointer_width, values("16", "32", "64")),
57    hide(
58        target_has_atomic,
59        target_has_atomic_primitive_alignment,
60        target_has_atomic_load_store,
61        values("8", "16", "32", "64", "ptr"),
62    ),
63))]
64#![no_core]
65#![rustc_coherence_is_core]
66#![rustc_preserve_ub_checks]
67//
68// Lints:
69#![deny(rust_2021_incompatible_or_patterns)]
70#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
71#![deny(implicit_provenance_casts)]
72#![warn(deprecated_in_future)]
73#![warn(missing_debug_implementations)]
74#![warn(missing_docs)]
75#![allow(explicit_outlives_requirements)]
76#![allow(incomplete_features)]
77#![warn(multiple_supertrait_upcastable)]
78#![allow(internal_features)]
79#![allow(unused_features)]
80#![deny(ffi_unwind_calls)]
81#![warn(unreachable_pub)]
82// Do not check link redundancy on bootstrapping phase
83#![allow(rustdoc::redundant_explicit_links)]
84#![warn(rustdoc::unescaped_backticks)]
85//
86// Ferrocene addition: require transitive closure of prevalidated functions.
87#![warn(ferrocene::unvalidated)]
88// Ferrocene addition: We removed the tidy directives for alphabetical ordering to reduce the number
89// of conflicts we have when merging main.
90//
91// Library features:
92// not-alphabetical-start
93#![feature(asm_experimental_arch)]
94#![feature(bstr_internals)]
95#![feature(cfg_target_has_reliable_f16_f128)]
96#![feature(const_carrying_mul_add)]
97#![feature(const_cmp)]
98#![feature(const_destruct)]
99#![feature(const_eval_select)]
100#![feature(const_select_unpredictable)]
101#![feature(core_intrinsics)]
102#![feature(coverage_attribute)]
103#![feature(disjoint_bitor)]
104#![feature(io_const_error)]
105#![feature(offset_of_enum)]
106#![feature(panic_internals)]
107#![feature(pattern_type_macro)]
108#![feature(ub_checks)]
109// not-alphabetical-end
110//
111// Language features:
112#![feature(adt_const_params)]
113#![feature(allow_internal_unsafe)]
114#![feature(allow_internal_unstable)]
115#![feature(arbitrary_self_types_pointers)]
116#![feature(auto_traits)]
117#![feature(cfg_sanitize)]
118#![feature(cfg_target_has_atomic)]
119#![feature(cfg_ub_checks)]
120#![feature(const_closures)]
121#![feature(const_precise_live_drops)]
122#![feature(const_trait_impl)]
123#![feature(decl_macro)]
124#![feature(deprecated_suggestion)]
125#![feature(derive_const)]
126#![feature(diagnostic_on_const)]
127#![feature(diagnostic_on_unmatched_args)]
128#![feature(diagnostic_opaque)]
129#![feature(doc_cfg)]
130#![feature(doc_notable_trait)]
131#![feature(extern_types)]
132#![feature(f128)]
133#![feature(f16)]
134#![feature(field_projections)]
135#![feature(final_associated_functions)]
136#![feature(freeze_impls)]
137#![feature(fundamental)]
138#![feature(funnel_shifts)]
139#![feature(impl_restriction)]
140#![feature(intra_doc_pointers)]
141#![feature(intrinsics)]
142#![feature(lang_items)]
143#![feature(link_cfg)]
144#![feature(link_llvm_intrinsics)]
145#![feature(macro_metavar_expr)]
146#![feature(macro_metavar_expr_concat)]
147#![feature(marker_trait_attr)]
148#![feature(min_specialization)]
149#![feature(multiple_supertrait_upcastable)]
150#![feature(must_not_suspend)]
151#![feature(negative_impls)]
152#![feature(no_core)]
153#![feature(optimize_attribute)]
154#![feature(pattern_types)]
155#![feature(pin_macro_internals)]
156#![feature(prelude_import)]
157#![feature(repr_simd)]
158#![feature(rustc_attrs)]
159#![feature(rustdoc_internals)]
160#![feature(simd_ffi)]
161#![feature(splat)]
162#![feature(staged_api)]
163#![feature(stmt_expr_attributes)]
164#![feature(strict_provenance_lints)]
165#![feature(trait_alias)]
166#![feature(transparent_unions)]
167#![feature(try_blocks)]
168#![feature(uint_carryless_mul)]
169#![feature(unboxed_closures)]
170#![feature(unsized_fn_params)]
171#![feature(with_negative_coherence)]
172// not-alphabetical-end
173//
174// Target features:
175// not-alphabetical-start
176#![feature(aarch64_unstable_target_feature)]
177#![feature(arm_target_feature)]
178#![feature(avx10_target_feature)]
179#![feature(clflushopt_target_feature)]
180#![feature(hexagon_target_feature)]
181#![feature(loongarch_target_feature)]
182#![feature(mips_target_feature)]
183#![feature(movrs_target_feature)]
184#![feature(powerpc_target_feature)]
185#![feature(nvptx_target_feature)]
186#![feature(riscv_target_feature)]
187#![feature(rtm_target_feature)]
188#![feature(s390x_target_feature)]
189#![feature(wasm_target_feature)]
190#![feature(x86_amx_intrinsics)]
191// not-alphabetical-end
192
193// tidy-alphabetical-start
194#![expect(clippy::partialeq_ne_impl, reason = "we need to implement ne for a lot of core types")]
195// tidy-alphabetical-end
196
197// allow using `core::` in intra-doc links
198#[allow(unused_extern_crates)]
199extern crate self as core;
200
201/* The core prelude, not as all-encompassing as the std prelude */
202// The compiler expects the prelude definition to be defined before it's use statement.
203pub mod prelude;
204
205#[prelude_import]
206#[allow(unused)]
207use prelude::rust_2024::*;
208
209#[macro_use]
210mod macros;
211
212/// Ferrocene addition: Hidden module to test crate-internal functionality
213#[doc(hidden)]
214#[unstable(feature = "ferrocene_test", issue = "none")]
215pub mod ferrocene_test;
216
217#[stable(feature = "assert_matches", since = "1.96.0")]
218pub use crate::macros::{assert_matches, debug_assert_matches};
219
220#[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
221/// Unstable module containing the unstable `From` derive macro.
222pub mod from {
223    #[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
224    pub use crate::macros::builtin::From;
225}
226
227// We don't export this through #[macro_export] for now, to avoid breakage.
228#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
229#[doc = include_str!("../../core/src/autodiff.md")]
230pub mod autodiff {
231    #[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
232    pub use crate::macros::builtin::{autodiff_forward, autodiff_reverse};
233}
234
235#[unstable(feature = "gpu_offload", issue = "131513")]
236#[doc = include_str!("../../core/src/offload.md")]
237pub mod offload;
238
239#[unstable(feature = "contracts", issue = "128044")]
240pub mod contracts;
241
242#[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)]
243#[expect(
244    ineffective_unstable_reexports,
245    reason = "accepted as stable after accidental stabilization in 1.96, see #154645"
246)]
247#[unstable(feature = "derive_macro_global_path", issue = "154645")]
248pub use crate::macros::builtin::derive;
249#[stable(feature = "cfg_select", since = "1.95.0")]
250pub use crate::macros::cfg_select;
251
252#[macro_use]
253mod internal_macros;
254
255#[path = "num/shells/legacy_int_modules.rs"]
256mod legacy_int_modules;
257#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
258#[allow(deprecated, clippy::legacy_numeric_constants)]
259pub use legacy_int_modules::{i8, i16, i32, i64, isize, u8, u16, u32, u64, usize};
260#[stable(feature = "i128", since = "1.26.0")]
261#[allow(deprecated, clippy::legacy_numeric_constants)]
262pub use legacy_int_modules::{i128, u128};
263
264#[path = "num/f128.rs"]
265pub mod f128;
266#[path = "num/f16.rs"]
267pub mod f16;
268#[path = "num/f32.rs"]
269pub mod f32;
270#[path = "num/f64.rs"]
271pub mod f64;
272
273#[macro_use]
274pub mod num;
275
276/* Core modules for ownership management */
277
278pub mod hint;
279pub mod intrinsics;
280pub mod mem;
281#[unstable(feature = "profiling_marker_api", issue = "148197")]
282pub mod profiling;
283pub mod ptr;
284#[unstable(feature = "ub_checks", issue = "none")]
285pub mod ub_checks;
286
287/* Core language traits */
288
289pub mod borrow;
290pub mod clone;
291pub mod cmp;
292pub mod convert;
293pub mod default;
294pub mod error;
295#[unstable(feature = "field_projections", issue = "145383")]
296pub mod field;
297pub mod index;
298pub mod marker;
299pub mod ops;
300
301/* Core types and methods on primitives */
302
303pub mod any;
304pub mod array;
305pub mod ascii;
306pub mod asserting;
307#[unstable(feature = "async_iterator", issue = "79024")]
308pub mod async_iter;
309#[unstable(feature = "bstr", issue = "134915")]
310pub mod bstr;
311pub mod cell;
312pub mod char;
313pub mod ffi;
314#[unstable(feature = "core_io", issue = "154046")]
315pub mod io;
316pub mod iter;
317pub mod net;
318pub mod option;
319pub mod os;
320pub mod panic;
321pub mod panicking;
322#[unstable(feature = "pattern_type_macro", issue = "123646")]
323pub mod pat;
324pub mod pin;
325#[unstable(feature = "abort_immediate", issue = "154601")]
326pub mod process;
327#[unstable(feature = "random", issue = "130703")]
328pub mod random;
329#[stable(feature = "new_range_inclusive_api", since = "1.95.0")]
330pub mod range;
331pub mod result;
332pub mod sync;
333#[unstable(feature = "unsafe_binders", issue = "130516")]
334pub mod unsafe_binder;
335
336pub mod fmt;
337pub mod hash;
338pub mod slice;
339pub mod str;
340pub mod time;
341
342pub mod wtf8;
343
344pub mod unicode;
345
346/* Async */
347pub mod future;
348pub mod task;
349
350/* Heap memory allocator trait */
351#[allow(missing_docs)]
352pub mod alloc;
353
354// note: does not need to be public
355mod bool;
356mod escape;
357mod tuple;
358mod unit;
359#[unstable(feature = "view_type_macro", issue = "155938")]
360pub mod view;
361
362#[stable(feature = "core_primitive", since = "1.43.0")]
363pub mod primitive;
364
365// Pull in the `core_arch` crate directly into core. The contents of
366// `core_arch` are in a different repository: rust-lang/stdarch.
367//
368// `core_arch` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
369// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
370// crate uses the this crate as its core.
371#[path = "../../stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/mod.rs"]
372#[allow(
373    missing_docs,
374    missing_debug_implementations,
375    dead_code,
376    unused_imports,
377    unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn,
378    ambiguous_glob_reexports,
379    unreachable_pub,
380    // FIXME: stdach is a submodule so clippy lints should be fixed (and ideally enforced) there
381    clippy::all,
382)]
383#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
384mod core_arch;
385
386#[stable(feature = "simd_arch", since = "1.27.0")]
387pub mod arch;
388
389// Pull in the `core_simd` crate directly into core. The contents of
390// `core_simd` are in a different repository: rust-lang/portable-simd.
391//
392// `core_simd` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
393// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
394// crate uses this crate as its core.
395#[path = "../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/mod.rs"]
396#[allow(missing_debug_implementations, dead_code, unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
397#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
398#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
399mod core_simd;
400
401#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
402pub mod simd {
403    #![doc = include_str!("../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/core_simd_docs.md")]
404
405    #[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
406    pub use crate::core_simd::simd::*;
407}
408
409// Include private modules that exist solely to provide rustdoc
410// documentation for built-in attributes. Using `include!` because rustdoc
411// only looks for these modules at the crate level.
412include!("attribute_docs.rs");
413
414// Include a number of private modules that exist solely to provide
415// the rustdoc documentation for the existing keywords. Using `include!`
416// because rustdoc only looks for these modules at the crate level.
417include!("keyword_docs.rs");
418
419// Include a number of private modules that exist solely to provide
420// the rustdoc documentation for primitive types. Using `include!`
421// because rustdoc only looks for these modules at the crate level.
422include!("primitive_docs.rs");