rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-bindgen

Test unsupported ABIs properly

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Description

The PR referenced here makes bindgen error if the ABI of a function is not supported in the current target. No test was triggered by this so we need to actually test this behavior.

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Research direction

Start with the behavior change and discussion in PR #2549, then locate the existing bindgen tests for ABI handling and run the relevant test suite. Done means a test exercises an ABI unsupported by the current target and verifies that bindgen reports an error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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