auto merge of #13315 : alexcrichton/rust/libc, r=alexcrichton,me

Rebasing of #12526 with a very obscure bug fixed on windows.

Author: bors

mk/crates.mk

@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@
 # automatically generated for all stage/host/target combinations.
 ################################################################################
 
-TARGET_CRATES := std green rustuv native flate arena glob term semver \
+TARGET_CRATES := libc std green rustuv native flate arena glob term semver \
                  uuid serialize sync getopts collections num test time rand \
 		 workcache url log
 HOST_CRATES := syntax rustc rustdoc fourcc hexfloat
 CRATES := $(TARGET_CRATES) $(HOST_CRATES)
 TOOLS := compiletest rustdoc rustc
 
-DEPS_std := native:rustrt native:compiler-rt native:backtrace
+DEPS_std := libc native:rustrt native:compiler-rt native:backtrace
 DEPS_green := std rand native:context_switch
 DEPS_rustuv := std native:uv native:uv_support
 DEPS_native := std

src/doc/guide-ffi.md

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ The following is a minimal example of calling a foreign function which will
 compile if snappy is installed:
 
 ~~~~ {.ignore}
-use std::libc::size_t;
+extern crate libc;
+use libc::size_t;
 
 #[link(name = "snappy")]
 extern {
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ keeping the binding correct at runtime.
 The `extern` block can be extended to cover the entire snappy API:
 
 ~~~~ {.ignore}
-use std::libc::{c_int, size_t};
+extern crate libc;
+use libc::{c_int, size_t};
 
 #[link(name = "snappy")]
 extern {
@@ -402,7 +404,7 @@ global state. In order to access these variables, you declare them in `extern`
 blocks with the `static` keyword:
 
 ~~~{.ignore}
-use std::libc;
+extern crate libc;
 
 #[link(name = "readline")]
 extern {
@@ -420,7 +422,7 @@ interface. To do this, statics can be declared with `mut` so rust can mutate
 them.
 
 ~~~{.ignore}
-use std::libc;
+extern crate libc;
 use std::ptr;
 
 #[link(name = "readline")]
@@ -444,11 +446,15 @@ calling foreign functions. Some foreign functions, most notably the Windows API,
 conventions. Rust provides a way to tell the compiler which convention to use:
 
 ~~~~
+extern crate libc;
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "win32", target_arch = "x86")]
 #[link(name = "kernel32")]
 extern "stdcall" {
-    fn SetEnvironmentVariableA(n: *u8, v: *u8) -> std::libc::c_int;
+    fn SetEnvironmentVariableA(n: *u8, v: *u8) -> libc::c_int;
 }
+
+# fn main() { }
 ~~~~
 
 This applies to the entire `extern` block. The list of supported ABI constraints

src/doc/guide-unsafe.md

@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ As an example, we give a reimplementation of owned boxes by wrapping
 reimplementation is as safe as the built-in `~` type.
 
 ```
-use std::libc::{c_void, size_t, malloc, free};
+extern crate libc;
+use libc::{c_void, size_t, malloc, free};
 use std::mem;
 use std::ptr;
 

src/doc/index.md

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ li {list-style-type: none; }
 * [The `glob` file path matching library](glob/index.html)
 * [The `green` M:N runtime library](green/index.html)
 * [The `hexfloat` library for hexadecimal floating-point literals](hexfloat/index.html)
+* [The `libc` bindings](libc/index.html)
 * [The `native` 1:1 threading runtime](native/index.html)
 * [The `num` arbitrary precision numerics library](num/index.html)
 * [The `rand` library for random numbers and distributions](rand/index.html)

src/doc/rust.md

@@ -1471,11 +1471,13 @@ with the exception that they may not have a body
 and are instead terminated by a semicolon.
 
 ~~~~
-# use std::libc::{c_char, FILE};
+extern crate libc;
+use libc::{c_char, FILE};
 
 extern {
     fn fopen(filename: *c_char, mode: *c_char) -> *FILE;
 }
+# fn main() {}
 ~~~~
 
 Functions within external blocks may be called by Rust code,

src/etc/zsh/_rust

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ _rustc_opts_switches=(
 )
 _rustc_opts_lint=(
     'attribute-usage[detects bad use of attributes]'
-    'ctypes[proper use of std::libc types in foreign modules]'
+    'ctypes[proper use of libc types in foreign modules]'
     'dead-assignment[detect assignments that will never be read]'
     'dead-code[detect piece of code that will never be used]'
     'default-type-param-usage[prevents explicitly setting a type parameter with a default]'

src/libcollections/hashmap.rs

@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ use std::result::{Ok, Err};
 use std::slice::ImmutableVector;
 
 mod table {
+    extern crate libc;
+
     use std::clone::Clone;
     use std::cmp::Eq;
     use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
     use std::kinds::marker;
-    use std::libc;
     use std::num::CheckedMul;
     use std::option::{Option, Some, None};
     use std::prelude::Drop;

src/libflate/lib.rs

@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ Simple compression
 
 #[cfg(test)] #[phase(syntax, link)] extern crate log;
 
-use std::libc::{c_void, size_t, c_int};
-use std::libc;
+extern crate libc;
+
 use std::c_vec::CVec;
+use libc::{c_void, size_t, c_int};
 
-pub mod rustrt {
-    use std::libc::{c_int, c_void, size_t};
 
+pub mod rustrt {
+    use libc::{c_void, size_t, c_int};
     #[link(name = "miniz", kind = "static")]
     extern {
         pub fn tdefl_compress_mem_to_heap(psrc_buf: *c_void,

src/libgreen/lib.rs

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
 #[cfg(test)] #[phase(syntax, link)] extern crate log;
 #[cfg(test)] extern crate rustuv;
 extern crate rand;
+extern crate libc;
 
 use std::mem::replace;
 use std::os;

src/libgreen/macros.rs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ macro_rules! rtabort (
 
 pub fn dumb_println(args: &fmt::Arguments) {
     use std::io;
-    use std::libc;
+    use libc;
 
     struct Stderr;
     impl io::Writer for Stderr {

src/libgreen/sched.rs

@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ fn new_sched_rng() -> XorShiftRng {
 }
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn new_sched_rng() -> XorShiftRng {
-    use std::libc;
+    use libc;
     use std::mem;
     use rand::SeedableRng;
 

src/libgreen/stack.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use std::rt::env::max_cached_stacks;
 use std::os::{errno, page_size, MemoryMap, MapReadable, MapWritable,
               MapNonStandardFlags, MapVirtual};
-use std::libc;
+use libc;
 
 /// A task's stack. The name "Stack" is a vestige of segmented stacks.
 pub struct Stack {