rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-bindgen
Migrate to `clang-sys` and `clang-rs` (was: Cursor should have some kind of lifetime)
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Description
A Cursor cannot outlive its TranslationUnit, which cannot outlive its Index.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Begin by tracing the existing Cursor, TranslationUnit, and Index relationships, then review the proposed clang-sys and clang-rs migration. Done means the migration is completed and the ownership relationship prevents a Cursor from outliving its TranslationUnit or Index.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers, tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100