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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// Library features:
87// tidy-alphabetical-start
88#![feature(asm_experimental_arch)]
89#![feature(byte_str_internals)]
90#![feature(cfg_target_has_reliable_f16_f128)]
91#![feature(const_cmp)]
92#![feature(const_destruct)]
93#![feature(const_eval_select)]
94#![feature(const_select_unpredictable)]
95#![feature(core_intrinsics)]
96#![feature(coverage_attribute)]
97#![feature(disjoint_bitor)]
98#![feature(io_const_error)]
99#![feature(offset_of_enum)]
100#![feature(panic_internals)]
101#![feature(pattern_types)]
102#![feature(ub_checks)]
103// tidy-alphabetical-end
104//
105// Language features:
106// tidy-alphabetical-start
107#![feature(adt_const_params)]
108#![feature(allow_internal_unsafe)]
109#![feature(allow_internal_unstable)]
110#![feature(arbitrary_self_types_pointers)]
111#![feature(auto_traits)]
112#![feature(cfg_sanitize)]
113#![feature(cfg_target_has_atomic)]
114#![feature(cfg_ub_checks)]
115#![feature(const_closures)]
116#![feature(const_precise_live_drops)]
117#![feature(const_trait_impl)]
118#![feature(decl_macro)]
119#![feature(deprecated_suggestion)]
120#![feature(derive_const)]
121#![feature(diagnostic_on_const)]
122#![feature(diagnostic_on_unmatched_args)]
123#![feature(diagnostic_opaque)]
124#![feature(doc_cfg)]
125#![feature(doc_notable_trait)]
126#![feature(extern_types)]
127#![feature(f16)]
128#![feature(f128)]
129#![feature(field_projections)]
130#![feature(final_associated_functions)]
131#![feature(forced_keywords)]
132#![feature(freeze_impls)]
133#![feature(fundamental)]
134#![feature(impl_restriction)]
135#![feature(intra_doc_pointers)]
136#![feature(intrinsics)]
137#![feature(lang_items)]
138#![feature(link_cfg)]
139#![feature(link_llvm_intrinsics)]
140#![feature(macro_metavar_expr)]
141#![feature(macro_metavar_expr_concat)]
142#![feature(marker_trait_attr)]
143#![feature(min_specialization)]
144#![feature(move_trait)]
145#![feature(multiple_supertrait_upcastable)]
146#![feature(must_not_suspend)]
147#![feature(negative_impls)]
148#![feature(no_core)]
149#![feature(pin_macro_internals)]
150#![feature(prelude_import)]
151#![feature(register_tool)]
152#![feature(repr_simd)]
153#![feature(rustc_attrs)]
154#![feature(rustdoc_internals)]
155#![feature(simd_ffi)]
156#![feature(splat)]
157#![feature(staged_api)]
158#![feature(stmt_expr_attributes)]
159#![feature(strict_provenance_lints)]
160#![feature(trait_alias)]
161#![feature(transparent_unions)]
162#![feature(try_blocks)]
163#![feature(uint_carryless_mul)]
164#![feature(unboxed_closures)]
165#![feature(unsized_fn_params)]
166#![feature(with_negative_coherence)]
167// tidy-alphabetical-end
168//
169// Target features:
170// tidy-alphabetical-start
171#![feature(aarch64_unstable_target_feature)]
172#![feature(arm_target_feature)]
173#![feature(avx10_target_feature)]
174#![feature(clflushopt_target_feature)]
175#![feature(hexagon_target_feature)]
176#![feature(loongarch_target_feature)]
177#![feature(mips_target_feature)]
178#![feature(movrs_target_feature)]
179#![feature(nvptx_target_feature)]
180#![feature(powerpc_target_feature)]
181#![feature(riscv_target_feature)]
182#![feature(rtm_target_feature)]
183#![feature(s390x_target_feature)]
184#![feature(wasm_target_feature)]
185#![feature(x86_amx_intrinsics)]
186// tidy-alphabetical-end
187
188// tidy-alphabetical-start
189#![register_tool(lint)]
190// tidy-alphabetical-end
191
192// tidy-alphabetical-start
193#![expect(clippy::partialeq_ne_impl, reason = "we need to implement ne for a lot of core types")]
194// tidy-alphabetical-end
195
196// allow using `core::` in intra-doc links
197#[allow(unused_extern_crates)]
198extern crate self as core;
199
200/* The core prelude, not as all-encompassing as the std prelude */
201// The compiler expects the prelude definition to be defined before it's use statement.
202pub mod prelude;
203
204#[prelude_import]
205#[allow(unused)]
206use prelude::rust_2024::*;
207
208#[macro_use]
209mod macros;
210
211#[stable(feature = "assert_matches", since = "1.96.0")]
212pub use crate::macros::{assert_matches, debug_assert_matches};
213
214#[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
215/// Unstable module containing the unstable `From` derive macro.
216pub mod from {
217    #[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
218    pub use crate::macros::builtin::From;
219}
220
221// We don't export this through #[macro_export] for now, to avoid breakage.
222#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
223#[doc = include_str!("../../core/src/autodiff.md")]
224pub mod autodiff {
225    #[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
226    pub use crate::macros::builtin::{autodiff_forward, autodiff_reverse};
227}
228
229#[unstable(feature = "gpu_offload", issue = "131513")]
230#[doc = include_str!("../../core/src/offload.md")]
231pub mod offload;
232
233#[unstable(feature = "contracts", issue = "128044")]
234pub mod contracts;
235
236#[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)]
237#[expect(
238    ineffective_unstable_reexports,
239    reason = "accepted as stable after accidental stabilization in 1.96, see #154645"
240)]
241#[unstable(feature = "derive_macro_global_path", issue = "154645")]
242pub use crate::macros::builtin::derive;
243#[stable(feature = "cfg_select", since = "1.95.0")]
244pub use crate::macros::cfg_select;
245
246#[macro_use]
247mod internal_macros;
248
249#[path = "num/shells/legacy_int_modules.rs"]
250mod legacy_int_modules;
251#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
252#[allow(deprecated, clippy::legacy_numeric_constants)]
253pub use legacy_int_modules::{i8, i16, i32, i64, isize, u8, u16, u32, u64, usize};
254#[stable(feature = "i128", since = "1.26.0")]
255#[allow(deprecated, clippy::legacy_numeric_constants)]
256pub use legacy_int_modules::{i128, u128};
257
258#[macro_use]
259pub mod num;
260
261#[path = "num/f128.rs"]
262pub mod f128;
263#[path = "num/f16.rs"]
264pub mod f16;
265#[path = "num/f32.rs"]
266pub mod f32;
267#[path = "num/f64.rs"]
268pub mod f64;
269
270/* Core modules for ownership management */
271
272pub mod hint;
273pub mod intrinsics;
274pub mod mem;
275#[unstable(feature = "profiling_marker_api", issue = "148197")]
276pub mod profiling;
277pub mod ptr;
278#[unstable(feature = "ub_checks", issue = "none")]
279pub mod ub_checks;
280
281/* Core language traits */
282
283pub mod borrow;
284pub mod clone;
285pub mod cmp;
286pub mod convert;
287pub mod default;
288pub mod error;
289#[unstable(feature = "field_projections", issue = "145383")]
290pub mod field;
291pub mod index;
292pub mod marker;
293pub mod ops;
294
295/* Core types and methods on primitives */
296
297pub mod any;
298pub mod array;
299pub mod ascii;
300pub mod asserting;
301#[unstable(feature = "async_iterator", issue = "79024")]
302pub mod async_iter;
303#[unstable(feature = "byte_str", issue = "134915")]
304pub mod byte_str;
305pub mod cell;
306pub mod char;
307pub mod ffi;
308#[unstable(feature = "core_io", issue = "154046")]
309pub mod io;
310pub mod iter;
311pub mod net;
312pub mod option;
313pub mod os;
314pub mod panic;
315pub mod panicking;
316#[unstable(feature = "pattern_types", issue = "123646")]
317pub mod pat;
318pub mod pin;
319#[unstable(feature = "abort_immediate", issue = "154601")]
320pub mod process;
321#[unstable(feature = "random", issue = "130703")]
322pub mod random;
323#[stable(feature = "new_range_inclusive_api", since = "1.95.0")]
324pub mod range;
325pub mod result;
326pub mod sync;
327#[unstable(feature = "unsafe_binders", issue = "130516")]
328pub mod unsafe_binder;
329
330pub mod fmt;
331pub mod hash;
332pub mod slice;
333pub mod str;
334pub mod time;
335
336pub mod wtf8;
337
338pub mod unicode;
339
340/* Async */
341pub mod future;
342pub mod task;
343
344/* Heap memory allocator trait */
345#[allow(missing_docs)]
346pub mod alloc;
347
348// note: does not need to be public
349mod bool;
350mod escape;
351mod tuple;
352mod unit;
353#[unstable(feature = "view_types", issue = "155938")]
354pub mod view;
355
356#[stable(feature = "core_primitive", since = "1.43.0")]
357pub mod primitive;
358
359// Pull in the `core_arch` crate directly into core. The contents of
360// `core_arch` are in a different repository: rust-lang/stdarch.
361//
362// `core_arch` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
363// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
364// crate uses the this crate as its core.
365#[path = "../../stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/mod.rs"]
366#[allow(
367    missing_docs,
368    missing_debug_implementations,
369    dead_code,
370    unused_imports,
371    unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn,
372    ambiguous_glob_reexports,
373    unreachable_pub,
374    // FIXME: stdach is a submodule so clippy lints should be fixed (and ideally enforced) there
375    clippy::all,
376)]
377#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
378mod core_arch;
379
380#[stable(feature = "simd_arch", since = "1.27.0")]
381pub mod arch;
382
383// Pull in the `core_simd` crate directly into core. The contents of
384// `core_simd` are in a different repository: rust-lang/portable-simd.
385//
386// `core_simd` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
387// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
388// crate uses this crate as its core.
389#[path = "../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/mod.rs"]
390#[allow(missing_debug_implementations, dead_code, unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
391#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
392#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
393mod core_simd;
394
395#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
396pub mod simd {
397    #![doc = include_str!("../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/core_simd_docs.md")]
398
399    #[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
400    pub use crate::core_simd::simd::*;
401}
402
403// Include private modules that exist solely to provide rustdoc
404// documentation for built-in attributes. Using `include!` because rustdoc
405// only looks for these modules at the crate level.
406include!("attribute_docs.rs");
407
408// Include a number of private modules that exist solely to provide
409// the rustdoc documentation for the existing keywords. Using `include!`
410// because rustdoc only looks for these modules at the crate level.
411include!("keyword_docs.rs");
412
413// Include a number of private modules that exist solely to provide
414// the rustdoc documentation for primitive types. Using `include!`
415// because rustdoc only looks for these modules at the crate level.
416include!("primitive_docs.rs");