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author | Jakob Vukalovic <jakobvukalovic@google.com> | Fri May 19 14:10:26 2023 +0000 |
committer | Automerger Merge Worker <android-build-automerger-merge-worker@system.gserviceaccount.com> | Fri May 19 14:10:26 2023 +0000 |
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Use libbitflags-1.3.2 am: 0c792fd2b0 am: e578b677f5 am: 052bf6d8d8 am: 77cec5d316 am: 66feee4f88 Original change: https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/external/rust/crates/nix/+/2565137 Change-Id: I7ef80a457aab1bca4ed6f2922efe86a2e059debb Signed-off-by: Automerger Merge Worker <android-build-automerger-merge-worker@system.gserviceaccount.com>
Nix seeks to provide friendly bindings to various *nix platform APIs (Linux, Darwin, ...). The goal is to not provide a 100% unified interface, but to unify what can be while still providing platform specific APIs.
For many system APIs, Nix provides a safe alternative to the unsafe APIs exposed by the libc crate. This is done by wrapping the libc functionality with types/abstractions that enforce legal/safe usage.
As an example of what Nix provides, examine the differences between what is exposed by libc and nix for the gethostname system call:
// libc api (unsafe, requires handling return code/errno) pub unsafe extern fn gethostname(name: *mut c_char, len: size_t) -> c_int; // nix api (returns a nix::Result<OsString>) pub fn gethostname() -> Result<OsString>;
nix target support consists of two tiers. While nix attempts to support all platforms supported by libc, only some platforms are actively supported due to either technical or manpower limitations. Support for platforms is split into three tiers:
The following targets are supported by nix
:
Tier 1:
Tier 2:
Tier 3:
nix is supported on Rust 1.56.1 and higher. Its MSRV will not be changed in the future without bumping the major or minor version.
Contributions are very welcome. Please See CONTRIBUTING for additional details.
Feel free to join us in the nix-rust/nix channel on Gitter to discuss nix
development.
Nix is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.