allocator_api

This is a copy of the unstable allocator_api (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/32838) and of parts of the unstable alloc feature.

Usable with stable rust, but requires 1.26.

Differences with nightly rust

The code was copied from the rust repository as of 2b789bd0570983e82533f9ed30c80312ac334694, with #[stable] and #[unstable] annotations removed.

In the alloc module (corresponding to parts of both core::alloc and std::alloc), the oom function infinitely loops instead of calling core::intrinsics::abort, which is not stable. Users of this crate should use set_oom_hook to set their own oom function that aborts in the right way (in non-no_std cases, one can use process::abort()). The Opaque type is an empty enum instead of an (not yet stable) extern type.

In the raw_vec module (corresponding to alloc::raw_vec), RawVec uses NonNull instead of Unique.

In the boxed module (corresponding to alloc::boxed), the Box type is augmented such that it is associated with an allocator, similarly to RawVec. Its API is consequently slightly different from std::boxed::Box (e.g. from_raw is replaced with from_raw_in). The same (stable) features as std::boxed::Box are implemented, except for downcast for Box<Any> and Box<Any + Send>, and Box<str> functions. Like for RawVec, the type relies on NonNull rather than Unique.

Caveat: the types provided in this crate cannot be used where the corresponding types from std/alloc are expected. Few APIs should be taking those types directly as input, though.