Rust fails to optimize const slice
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Description
I tried this code:
const fn test() -> &'static [&'static str] {
const ITEMS: &[&str] = const {
std::slice::from_ref(&[
"hello",
"world",
][0])
};
ITEMS
}
#[inline(never)]
pub fn main() {
std::hint::black_box(test());
}
I expected to see this happen:
The string world to be pruned from the final binary.
Instead, this happened:
https://godbolt.org/z/WTM5jz987
The array was not pruned at all.
Meta
rustc --version --verbose:
godbolt rustc nightly.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the provided const-slice example with the nightly rustc version and inspect the Godbolt output linked in the issue. Trace the compiler's optimization of the array containing "hello" and "world"; done means the unused "world" string is pruned from the final binary without changing the expected result.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100