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Since this builds on zero.rs, there are some limitations. https://github.com/pcwalton/zero.rs https://github.com/pcwalton/zero.rs Garbage collection, tasks,

by kqr2 13y ago

Since this builds on zero.rs, there are some limitations. https://github.com/pcwalton/zero.rs https://github.com/pcwalton/zero.rs Garbage collection, tasks, and failure will not work. All the other language features, including unique pointers, references, and closures do work, so programs such as sprocketnes that do not use garbage collection should be fine. The Rust standard library cannot be used in this mode, but splitting out the Rust standard library into a portion that can be used in freestanding mode would be an interesting and valuable project (IMO).

hershel 13y ago
Does anybody knows, would it be possible to use reference counting(and thus build hard real time systems), maybe by splitting the library?
- pcwalton 13y ago
  You can use the `Rc` or `RcMut` types in the standard library. They're just smart pointers, like C++ `shared_ptr`.
  - hershel 13y ago
    Is it possible to use them in zero ? because ksr2's comments tells otherwise.
    - pcwalton 13y ago
      Nowadays you can just use libstd in no-runtime apps; you can choose whether to start the runtime and if you're running on bare metal, just don't start it.
cmrx64 13y ago
But one can implement those, they are language items.