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Translate zero-sized return types as void
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The only way to get a value for a zero-sized type is `undef`, so
there's really no point in actually having a return type other than
void for such types. Also, while the comment in return_type_is_void
mentioned something about aiding C ABI support, @eddyb correctly
pointed out on IRC that there is no such thing as a zero-sized type in
C. And even with clang, which allows empty structs, those get
translated as void return types as well.

Fixes #28766
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dotdash committed Jan 15, 2016
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8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions src/librustc_trans/trans/common.rs
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}

/// Identifies types which we declare to be equivalent to `void` in C for the purpose of function
/// return types. These are `()`, bot, and uninhabited enums. Note that all such types are also
/// zero-size, but not all zero-size types use a `void` return type (in order to aid with C ABI
/// compatibility).
pub fn return_type_is_void(ccx: &CrateContext, ty: Ty) -> bool {
ty.is_nil() || ty.is_empty(ccx.tcx())
/// return types. These are `()`, bot, uninhabited enums and all other zero-sized types.
pub fn return_type_is_void<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
ty.is_nil() || ty.is_empty(ccx.tcx()) || type_is_zero_size(ccx, ty)
}

/// Generates a unique symbol based off the name given. This is used to create
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions src/test/run-make/issue-28766/Makefile
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-include ../tools.mk

all:
$(RUSTC) -O foo.rs
$(RUSTC) -O -L $(TMPDIR) main.rs
18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions src/test/run-make/issue-28766/foo.rs
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// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
// except according to those terms.

#![crate_type="lib"]
pub struct Foo(());

impl Foo {
pub fn new() -> Foo {
Foo(())
}
}
17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions src/test/run-make/issue-28766/main.rs
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// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
// except according to those terms.

#![crate_type="lib"]
extern crate foo;
use foo::Foo;

pub fn crash() -> Box<Foo> {
Box::new(Foo::new())
}

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