src/libstd/unstable/raw.rs

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use cast;
use unstable::intrinsics::TyDesc;

/// The representation of a Rust managed box
pub struct Box<T> {
    ref_count: uint,
    type_desc: *TyDesc,
    prev: *Box<T>,
    next: *Box<T>,
    data: T
}

/// The representation of a Rust vector
pub struct Vec<T> {
    fill: uint,
    alloc: uint,
    data: T
}

/// The representation of a Rust string
pub type String = Vec<u8>;

/// The representation of a Rust slice
pub struct Slice<T> {
    data: *T,
    len: uint
}

/// The representation of a Rust closure
pub struct Closure {
    code: *(),
    env: *(),
}

/// This trait is meant to map equivalences between raw structs and their
/// corresponding rust values.
pub trait Repr<T> {
    /// This function "unwraps" a rust value (without consuming it) into its raw
    /// struct representation. This can be used to read/write different values
    /// for the struct. This is a safe method because by default it does not
    /// give write-access to the struct returned.
    #[inline]
    fn repr(&self) -> T { unsafe { cast::transmute_copy(self) } }
}

impl<'self, T> Repr<Slice<T>> for &'self [T] {}
impl<'self> Repr<Slice<u8>> for &'self str {}
impl<T> Repr<*Box<T>> for @T {}
impl<T> Repr<*Box<Vec<T>>> for @[T] {}
impl Repr<*String> for ~str {}
impl Repr<*Box<String>> for @str {}

// sure would be nice to have this
// impl<T> Repr<*Vec<T>> for ~[T] {}