% No stdlib
-By default, `std` is linked to every Rust crate. In some contexts,
-this is undesirable, and can be avoided with the `#![no_std]`
-attribute attached to the crate.
+Rust’s standard library provides a lot of useful functionality, but assumes
+support for various features of its host system: threads, networking, heap
+allocation, and others. There are systems that do not have these features,
+however, and Rust can work with those too! To do so, we tell Rust that we
+don’t want to use the standard library via an attribute: `#![no_std]`.
+
+> Note: This feature is technically stable, but there are some caveats. For
+> one, you can build a `#![no_std]` _library_ on stable, but not a _binary_.
+> For details on libraries without the standard library, see [the chapter on
+> `#![no_std]`](using-rust-without-the-standard-library.html)
Obviously there's more to life than just libraries: one can use
`#[no_std]` with an executable, controlling the entry point is
information), but crates which do not trigger a panic can be assured
that this function is never called. The second function, `panic_fmt`, is
also used by the failure mechanisms of the compiler.
-
-## Using libcore
-
-> **Note**: the core library's structure is unstable, and it is recommended to
-> use the standard library instead wherever possible.
-
-With the above techniques, we've got a bare-metal executable running some Rust
-code. There is a good deal of functionality provided by the standard library,
-however, that is necessary to be productive in Rust. If the standard library is
-not sufficient, then [libcore](../core/index.html) is designed to be used
-instead.
-
-The core library has very few dependencies and is much more portable than the
-standard library itself. Additionally, the core library has most of the
-necessary functionality for writing idiomatic and effective Rust code. When
-using `#![no_std]`, Rust will automatically inject the `core` crate, just like
-we do for `std` when we’re using it.
-
-As an example, here is a program that will calculate the dot product of two
-vectors provided from C, using idiomatic Rust practices.
-
-```rust
-# #![feature(libc)]
-#![feature(lang_items)]
-#![feature(start)]
-#![feature(raw)]
-#![no_std]
-
-extern crate libc;
-
-use core::mem;
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern fn dot_product(a: *const u32, a_len: u32,
- b: *const u32, b_len: u32) -> u32 {
- use core::raw::Slice;
-
- // Convert the provided arrays into Rust slices.
- // The core::raw module guarantees that the Slice
- // structure has the same memory layout as a &[T]
- // slice.
- //
- // This is an unsafe operation because the compiler
- // cannot tell the pointers are valid.
- let (a_slice, b_slice): (&[u32], &[u32]) = unsafe {
- mem::transmute((
- Slice { data: a, len: a_len as usize },
- Slice { data: b, len: b_len as usize },
- ))
- };
-
- // Iterate over the slices, collecting the result
- let mut ret = 0;
- for (i, j) in a_slice.iter().zip(b_slice.iter()) {
- ret += (*i) * (*j);
- }
- return ret;
-}
-
-#[lang = "panic_fmt"]
-extern fn panic_fmt(args: &core::fmt::Arguments,
- file: &str,
- line: u32) -> ! {
- loop {}
-}
-
-#[lang = "eh_personality"] extern fn eh_personality() {}
-# #[start] fn start(argc: isize, argv: *const *const u8) -> isize { 0 }
-# #[lang = "eh_unwind_resume"] extern fn rust_eh_unwind_resume() {}
-# #[no_mangle] pub extern fn rust_eh_register_frames () {}
-# #[no_mangle] pub extern fn rust_eh_unregister_frames () {}
-# fn main() {}
-```
-
-Note that there is one lang item here whose signature differs from the examples
-above, `panic_fmt`. This must be defined by consumers of libcore because the
-core library declares panics, but it does not define it. The `panic_fmt`
-lang item is this crate's definition of panic, and it must be guaranteed to
-never return.
-
-As can be seen in this example, the core library is intended to provide the
-power of Rust in all circumstances, regardless of platform requirements. Further
-libraries, such as liballoc, add functionality to libcore which make other
-platform-specific assumptions, but continue to be more portable than the
-standard library itself.
-
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