Update E0517 message to reflect RFC 2195.

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Zachary S 2024-08-07 13:04:43 -05:00
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@ -25,14 +25,17 @@ impl Foo {
These attributes do not work on typedefs, since typedefs are just aliases.
Representations like `#[repr(u8)]`, `#[repr(i64)]` are for selecting the
discriminant size for enums with no data fields on any of the variants, e.g.
`enum Color {Red, Blue, Green}`, effectively setting the size of the enum to
the size of the provided type. Such an enum can be cast to a value of the same
type as well. In short, `#[repr(u8)]` makes the enum behave like an integer
with a constrained set of allowed values.
discriminant size for enums. For enums with no data fields on any of the
variants, e.g. `enum Color {Red, Blue, Green}`, this effectively sets the size
of the enum to the size of the provided type. Such an enum can be cast to a
value of the same type as well. In short, `#[repr(u8)]` makes a field-less enum
behave like an integer with a constrained set of allowed values.
Only field-less enums can be cast to numerical primitives, so this attribute
will not apply to structs.
For a description of how `#[repr(C)]` and representations like `#[repr(u8)]`
affect the layout of enums with data fields, see [RFC 2195][rfc2195].
Only field-less enums can be cast to numerical primitives. Representations like
`#[repr(u8)]` will not apply to structs.
`#[repr(packed)]` reduces padding to make the struct size smaller. The
representation of enums isn't strictly defined in Rust, and this attribute
@ -42,3 +45,5 @@ won't work on enums.
types (i.e., `u8`, `i32`, etc) a representation that permits vectorization via
SIMD. This doesn't make much sense for enums since they don't consist of a
single list of data.
[rfc2195]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2195-really-tagged-unions.md