Crate winapi_util[−][src]
This crate provides a smattering of safe routines for parts of winapi. The
primary purpose of this crate is to serve as a dumping ground for various
utility functions that make interactions with winapi safe. This permits the
centralization of unsafe
when dealing with Windows APIs, and thus makes it
easier to audit.
A key abstraction in this crate is the combination of the
Handle
and
HandleRef
types. Both represent a valid Windows handle to an I/O-like object, where
Handle
is owned (the resource is closed when the handle is dropped) and
HandleRef
is borrowed (the resource is not closed when the handle is
dropped). Many of the routines in this crate work on handles and accept
anything that can be safely converted into a HandleRef
. This includes
standard library types such as File
, Stdin
, Stdout
and Stderr
.
Note that this crate is completely empty on non-Windows platforms.