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@ -199,24 +199,42 @@ assert (unsafely) that a generic type's destructor is *guaranteed* to
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not access any expired data, even if its type gives it the capability
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to do so.
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That attribute is called `unsafe_destructor_blind_to_params`.
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That attribute is called `may_dangle` and was introduced in [RFC 1327]
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(https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1327-dropck-param-eyepatch.md).
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To deploy it on the Inspector example from above, we would write:
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```rust,ignore
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struct Inspector<'a>(&'a u8, &'static str);
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impl<'a> Drop for Inspector<'a> {
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#[unsafe_destructor_blind_to_params]
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unsafe impl<#[may_dangle] 'a> Drop for Inspector<'a> {
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fn drop(&mut self) {
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println!("Inspector(_, {}) knows when *not* to inspect.", self.1);
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}
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}
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```
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This attribute has the word `unsafe` in it because the compiler is not
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checking the implicit assertion that no potentially expired data
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Use of this attribute requires the `Drop` impl to be marked `unsafe` because the
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compiler is not checking the implicit assertion that no potentially expired data
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(e.g. `self.0` above) is accessed.
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The attribute can be applied to any number of lifetime and type parameters. In
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the following example, we assert that we access no data behind a reference of
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lifetime `'b` and that the only uses of `T` will be moves or drops, but omit
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the attribute from `'a` and `U`, because we do access data with that lifetime
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and that type:
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```rust,ignore
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use std::fmt::Display;
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struct Inspector<'a, 'b, T, U: Display>(&'a u8, &'b u8, T, U);
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unsafe impl<'a, #[may_dangle] 'b, #[may_dangle] T, U: Display> Drop for Inspector<'a, 'b, T, U> {
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fn drop(&mut self) {
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println!("Inspector({}, _, _, {})", self.0, self.3);
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}
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}
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```
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It is sometimes obvious that no such access can occur, like the case above.
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However, when dealing with a generic type parameter, such access can
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occur indirectly. Examples of such indirect access are:
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@ -263,7 +281,7 @@ some other method invoked by the destructor, rather than being written
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directly within it.
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In all of the above cases where the `&'a u8` is accessed in the
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destructor, adding the `#[unsafe_destructor_blind_to_params]`
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destructor, adding the `#[may_dangle]`
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attribute makes the type vulnerable to misuse that the borrower
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checker will not catch, inviting havoc. It is better to avoid adding
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the attribute.
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