Struct std::ptr::NonNull

#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct NonNull<T> where    T: ?Sized,  { /* fields omitted */ }

*mut T but non-zero and covariant.

This is often the correct thing to use when building data structures using raw pointers, but is ultimately more dangerous to use because of its additional properties. If you're not sure if you should use NonNull<T>, just use *mut T!

Unlike *mut T, the pointer must always be non-null, even if the pointer is never dereferenced. This is so that enums may use this forbidden value as a discriminant -- Option<NonNull<T>> has the same size as *mut T. However the pointer may still dangle if it isn't dereferenced.

Unlike *mut T, NonNull<T> is covariant over T. If this is incorrect for your use case, you should include some PhantomData in your type to provide invariance, such as PhantomData<Cell<T>> or PhantomData<&'a mut T>. Usually this won't be necessary; covariance is correct for most safe abstractions, such as Box, Rc, Arc, Vec, and LinkedList. This is the case because they provide a public API that follows the normal shared XOR mutable rules of Rust.

Notice that NonNull<T> has a From instance for &T. However, this does not change the fact that mutating through a (pointer derived from a) shared reference is undefined behavior unless the mutation happens inside an UnsafeCell<T>. The same goes for creating a mutable reference from a shared reference. When using this From instance without an UnsafeCell<T>, it is your responsibility to ensure that as_mut is never called, and as_ptr is never used for mutation.

Methods

impl<T> NonNull<T>[src]

pub const fn dangling() -> NonNull<T>[src]

impl<T> NonNull<T> where
    T: ?Sized, [src]

pub const unsafe fn new_unchecked(ptr: *mut T) -> NonNull<T>[src]

pub fn new(ptr: *mut T) -> Option<NonNull<T>>[src]

pub const fn as_ptr(self) -> *mut T[src]

pub unsafe fn as_ref(&self) -> &T[src]

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W

pub unsafe fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T[src]

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W

pub const fn cast<U>(self) -> NonNull<U>[src]1.27.0

Trait Implementations

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impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W