Trait std::ops::Place [−] [src]

pub unsafe trait Place<Data> where
    Data: ?Sized, {
    fn pointer(&mut self) -> *mut Data;
}
🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (placement_new_protocol #27779)

Both PLACE <- EXPR and box EXPR desugar into expressions that allocate an intermediate "place" that holds uninitialized state. The desugaring evaluates EXPR, and writes the result at the address returned by the pointer method of this trait.

A Place can be thought of as a special representation for a hypothetical &uninit reference (which Rust cannot currently express directly). That is, it represents a pointer to uninitialized storage.

The client is responsible for two steps: First, initializing the payload (it can access its address via pointer). Second, converting the agent to an instance of the owning pointer, via the appropriate finalize method (see the InPlace.

If evaluating EXPR fails, then it is up to the destructor for the implementation of Place to clean up any intermediate state (e.g. deallocate box storage, pop a stack, etc).

Required Methods

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (placement_new_protocol #27779)

Returns the address where the input value will be written. Note that the data at this address is generally uninitialized, and thus one should use ptr::write for initializing it.

This function must return a pointer through which a value of type Data can be written.

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