Edit `rustc_arena::DropArena` docs

- Add a "Safety" section, edit formatting for clarity
- Add missing punctuation in code comments
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pierwill 2021-02-13 15:18:42 -08:00
parent 3c10a880ec
commit 1c3841ebf2
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@ -568,10 +568,13 @@ impl Drop for DropType {
}
/// An arena which can be used to allocate any type.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// Allocating in this arena is unsafe since the type system
/// doesn't know which types it contains. In order to
/// allocate safely, you must store a PhantomData<T>
/// alongside this arena for each type T you allocate.
/// allocate safely, you must store a `PhantomData<T>`
/// alongside this arena for each type `T` you allocate.
#[derive(Default)]
pub struct DropArena {
/// A list of destructors to run when the arena drops.
@ -589,7 +592,7 @@ impl DropArena {
ptr::write(mem, object);
let result = &mut *mem;
// Record the destructor after doing the allocation as that may panic
// and would cause `object`'s destructor to run twice if it was recorded before
// and would cause `object`'s destructor to run twice if it was recorded before.
self.destructors
.borrow_mut()
.push(DropType { drop_fn: drop_for_type::<T>, obj: result as *mut T as *mut u8 });
@ -607,16 +610,16 @@ impl DropArena {
let start_ptr = self.arena.alloc_raw(Layout::array::<T>(len).unwrap()) as *mut T;
let mut destructors = self.destructors.borrow_mut();
// Reserve space for the destructors so we can't panic while adding them
// Reserve space for the destructors so we can't panic while adding them.
destructors.reserve(len);
// Move the content to the arena by copying it and then forgetting
// the content of the SmallVec
// the content of the SmallVec.
vec.as_ptr().copy_to_nonoverlapping(start_ptr, len);
mem::forget(vec.drain(..));
// Record the destructors after doing the allocation as that may panic
// and would cause `object`'s destructor to run twice if it was recorded before
// and would cause `object`'s destructor to run twice if it was recorded before.
for i in 0..len {
destructors
.push(DropType { drop_fn: drop_for_type::<T>, obj: start_ptr.add(i) as *mut u8 });