These functions allow to read from and write to a file in one atomic
action from multiple threads, avoiding the race between the seek and the
read.
The functions are named `{read,write}_at` on non-Windows (which don't
change the file cursor), and `seek_{read,write}` on Windows (which
change the file cursor).
This commit applies all stabilizations, renamings, and deprecations that the
library team has decided on for the upcoming 1.9 release. All tracking issues
have gone through a cycle-long "final comment period" and the specific APIs
stabilized/deprecated are:
Stable
* `std::panic`
* `std::panic::catch_unwind` (renamed from `recover`)
* `std::panic::resume_unwind` (renamed from `propagate`)
* `std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe` (renamed from `AssertRecoverSafe`)
* `std::panic::UnwindSafe` (renamed from `RecoverSafe`)
* `str::is_char_boundary`
* `<*const T>::as_ref`
* `<*mut T>::as_ref`
* `<*mut T>::as_mut`
* `AsciiExt::make_ascii_uppercase`
* `AsciiExt::make_ascii_lowercase`
* `char::decode_utf16`
* `char::DecodeUtf16`
* `char::DecodeUtf16Error`
* `char::DecodeUtf16Error::unpaired_surrogate`
* `BTreeSet::take`
* `BTreeSet::replace`
* `BTreeSet::get`
* `HashSet::take`
* `HashSet::replace`
* `HashSet::get`
* `OsString::with_capacity`
* `OsString::clear`
* `OsString::capacity`
* `OsString::reserve`
* `OsString::reserve_exact`
* `OsStr::is_empty`
* `OsStr::len`
* `std::os::unix::thread`
* `RawPthread`
* `JoinHandleExt`
* `JoinHandleExt::as_pthread_t`
* `JoinHandleExt::into_pthread_t`
* `HashSet::hasher`
* `HashMap::hasher`
* `CommandExt::exec`
* `File::try_clone`
* `SocketAddr::set_ip`
* `SocketAddr::set_port`
* `SocketAddrV4::set_ip`
* `SocketAddrV4::set_port`
* `SocketAddrV6::set_ip`
* `SocketAddrV6::set_port`
* `SocketAddrV6::set_flowinfo`
* `SocketAddrV6::set_scope_id`
* `<[T]>::copy_from_slice`
* `ptr::read_volatile`
* `ptr::write_volatile`
* The `#[deprecated]` attribute
* `OpenOptions::create_new`
Deprecated
* `std::raw::Slice` - use raw parts of `slice` module instead
* `std::raw::Repr` - use raw parts of `slice` module instead
* `str::char_range_at` - use slicing plus `chars()` plus `len_utf8`
* `str::char_range_at_reverse` - use slicing plus `chars().rev()` plus `len_utf8`
* `str::char_at` - use slicing plus `chars()`
* `str::char_at_reverse` - use slicing plus `chars().rev()`
* `str::slice_shift_char` - use `chars()` plus `Chars::as_str`
* `CommandExt::session_leader` - use `before_exec` instead.
Closes#27719
cc #27751 (deprecating the `Slice` bits)
Closes#27754Closes#27780Closes#27809Closes#27811Closes#27830Closes#28050Closes#29453Closes#29791Closes#29935Closes#30014Closes#30752Closes#31262
cc #31398 (still need to deal with `before_exec`)
Closes#31405Closes#31572Closes#31755Closes#31756
This commit is an implementation of [RFC 1044][rfc] which adds additional
surface area to the `std::fs` module. All new APIs are `#[unstable]` behind
assorted feature names for each one.
[rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1044
The new APIs added are:
* `fs::canonicalize` - bindings to `realpath` on unix and
`GetFinalPathNameByHandle` on windows.
* `fs::symlink_metadata` - similar to `lstat` on unix
* `fs::FileType` and accessor methods as `is_{file,dir,symlink}`
* `fs::Metadata::file_type` - accessor for the raw file type
* `fs::DirEntry::metadata` - acquisition of metadata which is free on Windows
but requires a syscall on unix.
* `fs::DirEntry::file_type` - access the file type which may not require a
syscall on most platforms.
* `fs::DirEntry::file_name` - access just the file name without leading
components.
* `fs::PathExt::symlink_metadata` - convenience method for the top-level
function.
* `fs::PathExt::canonicalize` - convenience method for the top-level
function.
* `fs::PathExt::read_link` - convenience method for the top-level
function.
* `fs::PathExt::read_dir` - convenience method for the top-level
function.
* `std::os::raw` - type definitions for raw OS/C types available on all
platforms.
* `std::os::$platform` - new modules have been added for all currently supported
platforms (e.g. those more specific than just `unix`).
* `std::os::$platform::raw` - platform-specific type definitions. These modules
are populated with the bare essentials necessary for lowing I/O types into
their raw representations, and currently largely consist of the `stat`
definition for unix platforms.
This commit also deprecates `Metadata::{modified, accessed}` in favor of
inspecting the raw representations via the lowering methods of `Metadata`.
