Fallible allocation functions for Vec

Fallible allocation functions for the Rust standard library's alloc::vec::Vec type.

These functions are designed to be usable with #![no_std], #[cfg(no_global_oom_handling)] (see rust-lang/rust#84266) enabled and Allocators (see https://github.com/rust-lang/wg-allocators).

By default this crate requires the nightly compiler, but the stable compiler can be used if all features are disabled (i.e., specifying default-features = false for the dependency).

Usage

The recommended way to add these functions to Vec is by adding a use declaration for the FallibleVec trait: use fallible_vec::FallibleVec:

use fallible_vec::{FallibleVec, try_vec};

let mut vec = try_vec![1, 2]?;
vec.try_push(3)?;
assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3]);

Panic Safety

These methods are "panic safe", meaning that if a call to external code (e.g., an iterator's next() method or an implementation of Clone::clone()) panics, then these methods will leave the Vec in a consistent state:

• len() will be less than or equal to capacity().
• Items in 0..len() will only be items originally in the Vec or items being added to the Vec. It will never include uninitialized memory, duplicated items or dropped items.
• Items originally (but no longer) in the Vec or being added to (but not yet in) the Vec may be leaked - any method that may leak items like this will have a note to specify its behavior.

The exact behavior of each method is specified in its documentation.

Code origin

Most of this code is forked from Rust's Standard Library. While we will attempt to keep the code and docs in sync, if you notice any issues please check if they have been fixed in the Standard Library first.

This API is incomplete

There are many more infallible functions on Vec which have not been ported yet. If there's a particular API that you're missing feel free to open a PR or file an Issue to get it added.

Why are these not already in the Standard Library?

There was a PR to add these and more to the Standard Library, followed by an RFC to discuss if it's a good idea or not to do so. These were closed with the hopes of reopening them once Keyword Generics are made available and so "fallible" variants of the existing functions can be added without exploding the API surface of Vec.

Why would I use this crate versus similar crates?

In general, fallible_vec is only useful in situations where #[cfg(no_global_oom_handling)] is required, or if using the Allocator API (functions ending in _in). Other crates use APIs that don't exist when #[cfg(no_global_oom_handling)] is enabled (like vec::push), whereas fallible_vec reimplements each function to avoid these APIs and builds with #[cfg(no_global_oom_handling)] in its CI.

fallible_vec focuses on vec alone, whereas other crates provide support for additional types (like Box and HashMap).

Comparing fallible_vec to fallible_collections:

	fallible_vec v0.3.1	fallible_collections v0.4.7
Supports no_std	X	X
Supports #[cfg(no_global_oom_handling)]	X
Requires nightly rust compiler by default	X
Supports stable rust compiler	X	X
vec::try_append		X
vec::try_extend	X
vec::try_extend_from_slice	X	X
vec::try_insert	X	X
vec::try_push	X	X
vec::try_push_give_back		X
vec::try_resize	X	X
vec::try_resize_with	X	X
vec::try_splice_in	X
try_collect	X	X
try_collect_in	X
try_from_iterator		X
try_with_capacity	X
try_with_capacity_in	X
try_vec!	X
try_vec_in!	X
Box::*		X
Arc::*		X
Rc::*		X
HashMap::*		X
try_format!		X

Building locally

The recommended way to build locally is to use the build.ps1 script: this will build the crate using all feature combinations, run tests, check formatting, run clippy and build with #[cfg(no_global_oom_handling)] enabled.

In order to run this script you'll need:

• PowerShell 7+
• Rust
  • Including the rust-src component.

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