//! The change log. /// Release 0.8.0 (2023-04-11) /// /// ## (Potentially) breaking changes /// /// * `winapi` dependency has been replaced with `windows-sys`. /// * As a result the MSRV has been increased to 1.48. /// /// ## Non-breaking changes /// /// * Support for the QNX Neutrino target has been added. pub mod r0_8_0 {} /// Release 0.7.4 (2022-11-07) /// /// This release has no functional changes. /// /// `RTLD_LAZY`, `RTLD_GLOBAL` and `RTLD_LOCAL` constants have been implemented for AIX platforms. pub mod r0_7_4 {} /// Release 0.7.3 (2022-01-15) /// /// This release has no functional changes. /// /// In this release the `docsrs` `cfg` has been renamed to `libloading_docs` to better reflect that /// this `cfg` is intended to be only used by `libloading` and only specifically for the invocation /// of `rustdoc` when documenting `libloading`. Setting this `cfg` in any other situation is /// unsupported and will not work. pub mod r0_7_3 {} /// Release 0.7.2 (2021-11-14) /// /// Cargo.toml now specifies the MSRV bounds, which enables tooling to report an early failure when /// the version of the toolchain is insufficient. Refer to the [min-rust-version RFC] and its /// [tracking issue]. /// /// [min-rust-version RFC]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2495-min-rust-version.html /// [tracking issue]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/65262 /// /// Additionally, on platforms `libloading` has no support (today: `not(any(unix, windows))`), we /// will no longer attempt to implement the cross-platform `Library` and `Symbol` types. This makes /// `libloading` compile on targets such as `wasm32-unknown-unknown` and gives ability to the /// downstream consumers of this library to decide how they want to handle the absence of the /// library loading implementation in their code. One of such approaches could be depending on /// `libloading` itself optionally as such: /// /// ```toml /// [target.'cfg(any(unix, windows))'.dependencies.libloading] /// version = "0.7" /// ``` pub mod r0_7_2 {} /// Release 0.7.1 (2021-10-09) /// /// Significantly improved the consistency and style of the documentation. pub mod r0_7_1 {} /// Release 0.7.0 (2021-02-06) /// /// ## Breaking changes /// /// ### Loading functions are now `unsafe` /// /// A number of associated methods involved in loading a library were changed to /// be `unsafe`. The affected functions are: [`Library::new`], [`os::unix::Library::new`], /// [`os::unix::Library::open`], [`os::windows::Library::new`], /// [`os::windows::Library::load_with_flags`]. This is the most prominent breaking change in this /// release and affects majority of the users of `libloading`. /// /// In order to see why it was necessary, consider the following snippet of C++ code: /// /// ```c++ /// #include /// #include /// /// static std::vector UNSHUU = { 1, 2, 3 }; /// /// int main() { /// std::cout << UNSHUU[0] << UNSHUU[1] << UNSHUU[2] << std::endl; // Prints 123 /// return 0; /// } /// ``` /// /// The `std::vector` type, much like in Rust's `Vec`, stores its contents in a buffer allocated on /// the heap. In this example the vector object itself is stored and initialized as a static /// variable – a compile time construct. The heap, on the other hand, is a runtime construct. And /// yet the code works exactly as you'd expect – the vector contains numbers 1, 2 and 3 stored in /// a buffer on heap. So, _what_ makes it work out, exactly? /// /// Various executable and shared library formats define conventions and machinery to execute /// arbitrary code when a program or a shared library is loaded. On systems using the PE format /// (e.g. Windows) this is available via the optional `DllMain` initializer. Various systems /// utilizing the ELF format take a sightly different approach of maintaining an array of function /// pointers in the `.init_array` section. A very similar mechanism exists on systems that utilize /// the Mach-O format. /// /// For the C++ program above, the object stored in the `UNSHUU` global variable is constructed /// by code run as part of such an initializer routine. This initializer is run before the entry /// point (the `main` function) is executed, allowing for this magical behaviour to be possible. /// Were the C++ code built as a shared library instead, the initialization routines would run as /// the resulting shared library is loaded. In case of `libloading` – during the call to /// `Library::new` and other methods affected by this change. /// /// These initialization (and very closely related termination) routines can be utilized outside of /// C++ too. Anybody can build a shared library in variety of different programming languages and /// set up the initializers to execute arbitrary code. Potentially code that does all sorts of /// wildly unsound stuff. /// /// The routines are executed by components that are an integral part of the operating system. /// Changing or controlling the operation of these components is infeasible. With that in /// mind, the initializer and termination routines are something anybody loading a library must /// carefully evaluate the libraries loaded for soundness. /// /// In practice, a vast majority of the libraries can be considered a good citizen and their /// initialization and termination routines, if they have any at all, can be trusted to be sound. /// /// Also see: [issue #86]. /// /// ### Better & more consistent default behaviour on UNIX systems /// /// On UNIX systems the [`Library::new`], [`os::unix::Library::new`] and /// [`os::unix::Library::this`] methods have been changed to use /// [RTLD_LAZY] | [RTLD_LOCAL] as the default set of loader options (previously: /// [`RTLD_NOW`]). This has a couple benefits. Namely: /// /// * Lazy binding is generally quicker to execute when only a subset of symbols from a library are /// used and is typically the default when neither `RTLD_LAZY` nor `RTLD_NOW` are specified when /// calling the underlying `dlopen` API; /// * On most UNIX systems (macOS being a notable exception) `RTLD_LOCAL` is the default when /// neither `RTLD_LOCAL` nor [`RTLD_GLOBAL`] are specified. The explicit setting of the /// `RTLD_LOCAL` flag makes this behaviour consistent across platforms. /// /// ### Dropped support for Windows XP/Vista /// /// The (broken) support for Windows XP and Windows Vista environments was removed. This was /// prompted primarily by a similar policy change in the [Rust /// project](https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/378) but also as an acknowledgement /// to the fact that `libloading` never worked in these environments anyway. /// /// ### More accurate error variant names /// /// Finally, the `Error::LoadLibraryW` renamed to [`Error::LoadLibraryExW`] to more accurately /// represent the underlying API that's failing. No functional changes as part of this rename /// intended. /// /// [issue #86]: https://github.com/nagisa/rust_libloading/issues/86 /// [`Library::new`]: crate::Library::new /// [`Error::LoadLibraryExW`]: crate::Error::LoadLibraryExW /// [`os::unix::Library::this`]: crate::os::unix::Library::this /// [`os::unix::Library::new`]: crate::os::unix::Library::new /// [`os::unix::Library::open`]: crate::os::unix::Library::new /// [`os::windows::Library::new`]: crate::os::windows::Library::new /// [`os::windows::Library::load_with_flags`]: crate::os::windows::Library::load_with_flags /// [`RTLD_NOW`]: crate::os::unix::RTLD_NOW /// [RTLD_LAZY]: crate::os::unix::RTLD_LAZY /// [RTLD_LOCAL]: crate::os::unix::RTLD_LOCAL /// [`RTLD_GLOBAL`]: crate::os::unix::RTLD_GLOBAL pub mod r0_7_0 {} /// Release 0.6.7 (2021-01-14) /// /// * Added a [`os::windows::Library::open_already_loaded`] to obtain a handle to a library that /// must already be loaded. There is no portable equivalent for all UNIX targets. Users who do not /// care about portability across UNIX platforms may use [`os::unix::Library::open`] with /// `libc::RTLD_NOLOAD`; /// /// [`os::windows::Library::open_already_loaded`]: crate::os::windows::Library::open_already_loaded /// [`os::unix::Library::open`]: crate::os::unix::Library::open pub mod r0_6_7 {} /// Release 0.6.6 (2020-12-03) /// /// * Fix a double-release of resources when [`Library::close`] or [`os::windows::Library::close`] /// is used on Windows. /// /// [`Library::close`]: crate::Library::close /// [`os::windows::Library::close`]: crate::os::windows::Library::close pub mod r0_6_6 {} /// Release 0.6.5 (2020-10-23) /// /// * Upgrade cfg-if 0.1 to 1.0 pub mod r0_6_5 {} /// Release 0.6.4 (2020-10-10) /// /// * Remove use of `build.rs` making it easier to build `libloading` without cargo. It also /// almost halves the build time of this crate. pub mod r0_6_4 {} /// Release 0.6.3 (2020-08-22) /// /// * Improve documentation, allowing to view all of the os-specific functionality from /// documentation generated for any target; /// * Add [`os::windows::Library::this`]; /// * Added constants to use with OS-specific `Library::open`; /// * Add [`library_filename`]. /// /// [`os::windows::Library::this`]: crate::os::windows::Library::this /// [`library_filename`]: crate::library_filename pub mod r0_6_3 {} /// Release 0.6.2 (2020-05-06) /// /// * Fixed building of this library on Illumos. pub mod r0_6_2 {} /// Release 0.6.1 (2020-04-15) /// /// * Introduced a new method [`os::windows::Library::load_with_flags`]; /// * Added support for the Illumos triple. /// /// [`os::windows::Library::load_with_flags`]: crate::os::windows::Library::load_with_flags pub mod r0_6_1 {} /// Release 0.6.0 (2020-04-05) /// /// * Introduced a new method [`os::unix::Library::get_singlethreaded`]; /// * Added (untested) support for building when targeting Redox and Fuchsia; /// * The APIs exposed by this library no longer panic and instead return an `Err` when it used /// to panic. /// /// ## Breaking changes /// /// * Minimum required (stable) version of Rust to build this library is now 1.40.0; /// * This crate now implements a custom [`Error`] type and all APIs now return this type rather /// than returning the `std::io::Error`; /// * `libloading::Result` has been removed; /// * Removed the dependency on the C compiler to build this library on UNIX-like platforms. /// `libloading` used to utilize a snippet written in C to work-around the unlikely possibility /// of the target having a thread-unsafe implementation of the `dlerror` function. The effect of /// the work-around was very opportunistic: it would not work if the function was called by /// forgoing `libloading`. /// /// Starting with 0.6.0, [`Library::get`] on platforms where `dlerror` is not MT-safe (such as /// FreeBSD, DragonflyBSD or NetBSD) will unconditionally return an error when the underlying /// `dlsym` returns a null pointer. For the use-cases where loading null pointers is necessary /// consider using [`os::unix::Library::get_singlethreaded`] instead. /// /// [`Library::get`]: crate::Library::get /// [`os::unix::Library::get_singlethreaded`]: crate::os::unix::Library::get_singlethreaded /// [`Error`]: crate::Error pub mod r0_6_0 {} /// Release 0.5.2 (2019-07-07) /// /// * Added API to convert OS-specific `Library` and `Symbol` conversion to underlying resources. pub mod r0_5_2 {} /// Release 0.5.1 (2019-06-01) /// /// * Build on Haiku targets. pub mod r0_5_1 {} /// Release 0.5.0 (2018-01-11) /// /// * Update to `winapi = ^0.3`; /// /// ## Breaking changes /// /// * libloading now requires a C compiler to build on UNIX; /// * This is a temporary measure until the [`linkage`] attribute is stabilised; /// * Necessary to resolve [#32]. /// /// [`linkage`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/29603 /// [#32]: https://github.com/nagisa/rust_libloading/issues/32 pub mod r0_5_0 {} /// Release 0.4.3 (2017-12-07) /// /// * Bump lazy-static dependency to `^1.0`; /// * `cargo test --release` now works when testing libloading. pub mod r0_4_3 {} /// Release 0.4.2 (2017-09-24) /// /// * Improved error and race-condition handling on Windows; /// * Improved documentation about thread-safety of Library; /// * Added `Symbol::::lift_option() -> Option>` convenience method. pub mod r0_4_2 {} /// Release 0.4.1 (2017-08-29) /// /// * Solaris support pub mod r0_4_1 {} /// Release 0.4.0 (2017-05-01) /// /// * Remove build-time dependency on target_build_utils (and by extension serde/phf); /// * Require at least version 1.14.0 of rustc to build; /// * Actually, it is cargo which has to be more recent here. The one shipped with rustc 1.14.0 /// is what’s being required from now on. pub mod r0_4_0 {} /// Release 0.3.4 (2017-03-25) /// /// * Remove rogue println! pub mod r0_3_4 {} /// Release 0.3.3 (2017-03-25) /// /// * Panics when `Library::get` is called for incompatibly sized type such as named function /// types (which are zero-sized). pub mod r0_3_3 {} /// Release 0.3.2 (2017-02-10) /// /// * Minimum version required is now rustc 1.12.0; /// * Updated dependency versions (most notably target_build_utils to 0.3.0) pub mod r0_3_2 {} /// Release 0.3.1 (2016-10-01) /// /// * `Symbol` and `os::*::Symbol` now implement `Send` where `T: Send`; /// * `Symbol` and `os::*::Symbol` now implement `Sync` where `T: Sync`; /// * `Library` and `os::*::Library` now implement `Sync` (they were `Send` in 0.3.0 already). pub mod r0_3_1 {} /// Release 0.3.0 (2016-07-27) /// /// * Greatly improved documentation, especially around platform-specific behaviours; /// * Improved test suite by building our own library to test against; /// * All `Library`-ies now implement `Send`. /// * Added `impl From for Library` and `impl From for /// os::platform::Library` allowing wrapping and extracting the platform-specific library handle; /// * Added methods to wrap (`Symbol::from_raw`) and unwrap (`Symbol::into_raw`) the safe `Symbol` /// wrapper into unsafe `os::platform::Symbol`. /// /// The last two additions focus on not restricting potential usecases of this library, allowing /// users of the library to circumvent safety checks if need be. /// /// ## Breaking Changes /// /// `Library::new` defaults to `RTLD_NOW` instead of `RTLD_LAZY` on UNIX for more consistent /// cross-platform behaviour. If a library loaded with `Library::new` had any linking errors, but /// unresolved references weren’t forced to be resolved, the library would’ve “just worked”, /// whereas now the call to `Library::new` will return an error signifying presence of such error. /// /// ## os::platform /// * Added `os::unix::Library::open` which allows specifying arbitrary flags (e.g. `RTLD_LAZY`); /// * Added `os::windows::Library::get_ordinal` which allows finding a function or variable by its /// ordinal number; pub mod r0_3_0 {}