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This commit takes a first pass at stabilizing `std::thread`: * It removes the `detach` method in favor of two constructors -- `spawn` for detached threads, `scoped` for "scoped" (i.e., must-join) threads. This addresses some of the surprise/frustrating debug sessions with the previous API, in which `spawn` produced a guard that on destruction joined the thread (unless `detach` was called). The reason to have the division in part is that `Send` will soon not imply `'static`, which means that `scoped` thread creation can take a closure over *shared stack data* of the parent thread. On the other hand, this means that the parent must not pop the relevant stack frames while the child thread is running. The `JoinGuard` is used to prevent this from happening by joining on drop (if you have not already explicitly `join`ed.) The APIs around `scoped` are future-proofed for the `Send` changes by taking an additional lifetime parameter. With the current definition of `Send`, this is forced to be `'static`, but when `Send` changes these APIs will gain their full flexibility immediately. Threads that are `spawn`ed, on the other hand, are detached from the start and do not yield an RAII guard. The hope is that, by making `scoped` an explicit opt-in with a very suggestive name, it will be drastically less likely to be caught by a surprising deadlock due to an implicit join at the end of a scope. * The module itself is marked stable. * Existing methods other than `spawn` and `scoped` are marked stable. The migration path is: ```rust Thread::spawn(f).detached() ``` becomes ```rust Thread::spawn(f) ``` while ```rust let res = Thread::spawn(f); res.join() ``` becomes ```rust let res = Thread::scoped(f); res.join() ``` [breaking-change] |
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The Rust Programming Language
This is a compiler for Rust, including standard libraries, tools and documentation.
Quick Start
- Download a binary installer for your platform.
- Read the guide.
- Enjoy!
Note: Windows users can read the detailed using Rust on Windows notes on the wiki.
Building from Source
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Make sure you have installed the dependencies:
g++4.7 orclang++3.xpython2.6 or later (but not 3.x)perl5.0 or later- GNU
make3.81 or later curlgit
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Download and build Rust:
You can either download a tarball or build directly from the repo.
To build from the tarball do:
$ curl -O https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly.tar.gz $ tar -xzf rust-nightly.tar.gz $ cd rust-nightlyOr to build from the repo do:
$ git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.git $ cd rustNow that you have Rust's source code, you can configure and build it:
$ ./configure $ make && make installNote: You may need to use
sudo make installif you do not normally have permission to modify the destination directory. The install locations can be adjusted by passing a--prefixargument toconfigure. Various other options are also supported, pass--helpfor more information on them.When complete,
make installwill place several programs into/usr/local/bin:rustc, the Rust compiler, andrustdoc, the API-documentation tool. -
Read the guide.
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Enjoy!
Building on Windows
To easily build on windows we can use MSYS2:
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Grab the latest MSYS2 installer and go through the installer.
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Now from the MSYS2 terminal we want to install the mingw64 toolchain and the other tools we need.
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain $ pacman -S base-devel -
With that now start
mingw32_shell.batfrom where you installed MSYS2 (i.e.C:\msys). -
From there just navigate to where you have Rust's source code, configure and build it:
$ ./configure $ make && make install
Notes
Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier state of development). As such, source builds require a connection to the Internet, to fetch snapshots, and an OS that can execute the available snapshot binaries.
Snapshot binaries are currently built and tested on several platforms:
- Windows (7, 8, Server 2008 R2), x86 and x86-64 (64-bit support added in Rust 0.12.0)
- Linux (2.6.18 or later, various distributions), x86 and x86-64
- OSX 10.7 (Lion) or greater, x86 and x86-64
You may find that other platforms work, but these are our officially supported build environments that are most likely to work.
Rust currently needs about 1.5 GiB of RAM to build without swapping; if it hits swap, it will take a very long time to build.
There is a lot more documentation in the wiki.
Getting help and getting involved
The Rust community congregates in a few places:
- StackOverflow - Get help here.
- /r/rust - General discussion.
- discuss.rust-lang.org - For development of the Rust language itself.
License
Rust is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0), with portions covered by various BSD-like licenses.
See LICENSE-APACHE, LICENSE-MIT, and COPYRIGHT for details.