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Author SHA1 Message Date
Mazdak Farrokhzad
b2c6eeb713 parser: merge fn grammars wrt. bodies & headers
also refactor `FnKind` and `visit_assoc_item` visitors
2020-02-05 01:27:09 +01:00
Aaron Hill
73b50d211b Add support for 'extern const fn'
This works just as you might expect - an 'extern const fn' is a 'const
fn' that is callable from foreign code.

Currently, panicking is not allowed in consts. When RFC 2345 is
stabilized, then panicking in an 'extern const fn' will produce a
compile-time error when invoked at compile time, and an abort when
invoked at runtime.

Since this is extending the language (we're allowing the `const` keyword
in a new context), I believe that this will need an FCP. However, it's a
very minor change, so I didn't think that filing an RFC was necessary.

This will allow libc (and other FFI crates) to make many functions
`const`, without having to give up on making them `extern` as well.
2019-10-02 00:38:52 -04:00