Remove mention of ~T in the FFI guide. #16393
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By the way, do we have the nullable pointer optimization for any of the library pointer types now? |
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Presumably |
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It does; the removal of |
| @@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ the `libc` module, and Rust links against `libc` and `libm` by default. | |||
| # The "nullable pointer optimization" | |||
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| Certain types are defined to not be `null`. This includes references (`&T`, | |||
| `&mut T`), owning pointers (`~T`), and function pointers (`extern "abi" | |||
| fn()`). When interfacing with C, pointers that might be null are often used. | |||
| `&mut T`), and function pointers (`extern "abi" fn()`). | |||
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The comma on this line is no longer appropriate, as the list now only has 2 elements.
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@SimonSapin can you fix the problem @kballard has pointed out? |
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@kballard, @steveklabnik: how is this? |
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Sorry, I should have mentioned that they're called 'boxes', not 'owning pointers.' After that, |
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@SimonSapin ping! |
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Ugh. Updated. |
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❤️ thank you! |
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