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clarify ABI compatibility of fn ptr types and ptr types
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RalfJung committed Nov 11, 2023
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///
/// The following types are guaranteed to be ABI-compatible:
///
/// - `*const T`, `*mut T`, `&T`, `&mut T`, `Box<T>` (specifically, only `Box<T, Global>`),
/// `NonNull<T>` are all ABI-compatible with each other for all `T`. Two of these pointer types
/// with different `T` are ABI-compatible if they have the same metadata type (`<T as
/// - `*const T`, `*mut T`, `&T`, `&mut T`, `Box<T>` (specifically, only `Box<T, Global>`), and
/// `NonNull<T>` are all ABI-compatible with each other for all `T`. They are also ABI-compatible
/// with with each other for _different_ `T` if they have the same metadata type (`<T as
/// Pointee>::Metadata`).
/// - `usize` is ABI-compatible with the `uN` integer type of the same size, and likewise `isize` is
/// ABI-compatible with the `iN` integer type of the same size.
/// - Any two `fn` types are ABI-compatible with each other if they have the same ABI string or the
/// ABI string only differs in a trailing `-unwind`, independent of the rest of their signature.
/// (Note that this is about the case of passing a function pointer as an argument to a function.
/// The two pointers being ABI-compatible here means that the call successfully passes the
/// pointer. When actually calling the pointer, of course the rest of the signature becomes
/// relevant as well, according to the rules in this section.)
/// - Any two `fn` (function pointer) types are ABI-compatible with each other if they have the same
/// ABI string or the ABI string only differs in a trailing `-unwind`, independent of the rest of
/// their signature. (This means you can pass `fn()` to a function expecting `fn(i32)`, and the
/// call will be valid ABI-wise. The callee receives the result of transmuting the function pointer
/// from `fn()` to `fn(i32)`; that transmutation is itself a well-defined operation, it's just
/// almost certainly UB to later call that function pointer.)
/// - Any two types with size 0 and alignment 1 are ABI-compatible.
/// - A `repr(transparent)` type `T` is ABI-compatible with its unique non-trivial field, i.e., the
/// unique field that doesn't have size 0 and alignment 1 (if there is such a field).
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