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adds doc for Builder::spawn_unchecked
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src/libstd/thread/mod.rs

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@@ -390,7 +390,66 @@ impl Builder {
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unsafe { self.spawn_unchecked(f) }
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/// FIXME: Doc
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/// Spawns a new thread without any lifetime restrictions by taking ownership
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/// of the `Builder`, and returns an [`io::Result`] to its [`JoinHandle`].
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///
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/// The spawned thread may outlive the caller (unless the caller thread
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/// is the main thread; the whole process is terminated when the main
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/// thread finishes). The join handle can be used to block on
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/// termination of the child thread, including recovering its panics.
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///
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/// This method is identical to [`thread::Builder::spawn`][`Builder::spawn`],
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/// except for the relaxed lifetime bounds, which render it unsafe.
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/// For a more complete documentation see [`thread::spawn`][`spawn`].
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///
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/// # Errors
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///
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/// Unlike the [`spawn`] free function, this method yields an
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/// [`io::Result`] to capture any failure to create the thread at
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/// the OS level.
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///
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/// # Panics
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///
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/// Panics if a thread name was set and it contained null bytes.
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///
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/// # Safety
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///
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/// The caller has to ensure that no references in the supplied thread closure
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/// or its return type can outlive the spawned thread's lifetime. This can be
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/// guaranteed in two ways:
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///
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/// - ensure that [`join`][`JoinHandle::join`] is called before any referenced
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/// data is dropped
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/// - use only types with `'static` lifetime bounds, i.e. those with no or only
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/// `'static` references (both [`thread::Builder::spawn`][`Builder::spawn`]
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/// and [`thread::spawn`][`spawn`] enforce this property statically)
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///
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/// # Examples
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///
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/// ```
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/// use std::thread;
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///
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/// let builder = thread::Builder::new();
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///
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/// let x = 1;
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/// let thread_x = &x;
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///
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/// let handler = unsafe {
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/// builder.spawn_unchecked(move || {
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/// println!("x = {}", *thread_x);
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/// }).unwrap();
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/// }
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///
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/// // caller has to ensure `join()` is called, otherwise
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/// // it is possible to access freed memory if `x` gets
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/// // dropped before the thread closure is executed!
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/// handler.join.unwrap();
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/// ```
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///
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/// [`spawn`]: ../../std/thread/fn.spawn.html
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/// [`Builder::spawn`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Builder.html#method.spawn
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/// [`io::Result`]: ../../std/io/type.Result.html
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/// [`JoinHandle`]: ../../std/thread/struct.JoinHandle.html
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#[unstable(feature = "thread_spawn_unchecked", issue = "0")]
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pub unsafe fn spawn_unchecked<F, T>(self, f: F) -> io::Result<JoinHandle<T>> where
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F: FnOnce() -> T, F: Send, T: Send

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