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Try to clarify what's new in 1.64.0 ffi types
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cuviper committed Sep 19, 2022
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Stabilized APIs
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- [`ffi::CStr`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/struct.CStr.html)
- [`ffi::CString`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/struct.CString.html)
- [`ffi::FromBytesWithNulError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/struct.FromBytesWithNulError.html)
- [`ffi::FromVecWithNulError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/struct.FromVecWithNulError.html)
- [`ffi::IntoStringError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/struct.IntoStringError.html)
- [`ffi::NulError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/struct.NulError.html)
- [`ffi::c_char`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_char.html)
- [`ffi::c_double`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_double.html)
- [`ffi::c_float`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_float.html)
- [`ffi::c_int`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_int.html)
- [`ffi::c_long`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_long.html)
- [`ffi::c_longlong`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_longlong.html)
- [`ffi::c_schar`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_schar.html)
- [`ffi::c_short`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_short.html)
- [`ffi::c_uchar`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_uchar.html)
- [`ffi::c_uint`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_uint.html)
- [`ffi::c_ulong`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_ulong.html)
- [`ffi::c_ulonglong`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_ulonglong.html)
- [`ffi::c_ushort`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_ushort.html)
- [`future::IntoFuture`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/future/trait.IntoFuture.html)
- [`future::poll_fn`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/future/fn.poll_fn.html)
- [`task::ready!`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/task/macro.ready.html)
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- [`os::windows::fs::FileTypeExt::is_symlink_dir`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/os/windows/fs/trait.FileTypeExt.html#tymethod.is_symlink_dir)
- [`os::windows::fs::FileTypeExt::is_symlink_file`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/os/windows/fs/trait.FileTypeExt.html#tymethod.is_symlink_file)

These types were previously stable in `std::ffi`, but are now also available in `core` and `alloc`:

- [`core::ffi::CStr`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/ffi/struct.CStr.html)
- [`core::ffi::FromBytesWithNulError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/ffi/struct.FromBytesWithNulError.html)
- [`alloc::ffi::CString`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/alloc/ffi/struct.CString.html)
- [`alloc::ffi::FromVecWithNulError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/alloc/ffi/struct.FromVecWithNulError.html)
- [`alloc::ffi::IntoStringError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/alloc/ffi/struct.IntoStringError.html)
- [`alloc::ffi::NulError`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/alloc/ffi/struct.NulError.html)

These types were previously stable in `std::os::raw`, but are now also available in `core::ffi` and `std::ffi`:

- [`ffi::c_char`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_char.html)
- [`ffi::c_double`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_double.html)
- [`ffi::c_float`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_float.html)
- [`ffi::c_int`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_int.html)
- [`ffi::c_long`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_long.html)
- [`ffi::c_longlong`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_longlong.html)
- [`ffi::c_schar`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_schar.html)
- [`ffi::c_short`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_short.html)
- [`ffi::c_uchar`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_uchar.html)
- [`ffi::c_uint`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_uint.html)
- [`ffi::c_ulong`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_ulong.html)
- [`ffi::c_ulonglong`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_ulonglong.html)
- [`ffi::c_ushort`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/type.c_ushort.html)

These APIs are now usable in const contexts:

- [`slice::from_raw_parts`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/slice/fn.from_raw_parts.html)
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