Stop backends from needing to support nullary intrinsics

Author: oli-obk

core/src/any.rs

@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ impl TypeId {
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_type_id", issue = "77125")]
     pub const fn of<T: ?Sized + 'static>() -> TypeId {
-        let t: u128 = intrinsics::type_id::<T>();
+        let t: u128 = const { intrinsics::type_id::<T>() };
         let t1 = (t >> 64) as u64;
         let t2 = t as u64;
 
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for TypeId {
 #[stable(feature = "type_name", since = "1.38.0")]
 #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_type_name", issue = "63084")]
 pub const fn type_name<T: ?Sized>() -> &'static str {
-    intrinsics::type_name::<T>()
+    const { intrinsics::type_name::<T>() }
 }
 
 /// Returns the type name of the pointed-to value as a string slice.

core/src/intrinsics/mod.rs

@@ -839,10 +839,10 @@ pub const unsafe fn transmute_unchecked<Src, Dst>(src: Src) -> Dst;
 /// If the actual type neither requires drop glue nor implements
 /// `Copy`, then the return value of this function is unspecified.
 ///
-/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this is safe to call;
-/// it does not require an `unsafe` block.
-/// Therefore, implementations must not require the user to uphold
-/// any safety invariants.
+/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this can only be called at compile-time
+/// as backends do not have an implementation for it. The only caller (its
+/// stable counterpart), wraps this intrinsic call in a `const` block so that
+/// backends only see an evaluated constant.
 ///
 /// The stabilized version of this intrinsic is [`mem::needs_drop`](crate::mem::needs_drop).
 #[rustc_intrinsic_const_stable_indirect]
@@ -2655,10 +2655,10 @@ pub const fn align_of<T>() -> usize;
 /// Returns the number of variants of the type `T` cast to a `usize`;
 /// if `T` has no variants, returns `0`. Uninhabited variants will be counted.
 ///
-/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this is safe to call;
-/// it does not require an `unsafe` block.
-/// Therefore, implementations must not require the user to uphold
-/// any safety invariants.
+/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this can only be called at compile-time
+/// as backends do not have an implementation for it. The only caller (its
+/// stable counterpart), wraps this intrinsic call in a `const` block so that
+/// backends only see an evaluated constant.
 ///
 /// The to-be-stabilized version of this intrinsic is [`crate::mem::variant_count`].
 #[rustc_nounwind]
@@ -2694,10 +2694,10 @@ pub const unsafe fn align_of_val<T: ?Sized>(ptr: *const T) -> usize;
 
 /// Gets a static string slice containing the name of a type.
 ///
-/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this is safe to call;
-/// it does not require an `unsafe` block.
-/// Therefore, implementations must not require the user to uphold
-/// any safety invariants.
+/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this can only be called at compile-time
+/// as backends do not have an implementation for it. The only caller (its
+/// stable counterpart), wraps this intrinsic call in a `const` block so that
+/// backends only see an evaluated constant.
 ///
 /// The stabilized version of this intrinsic is [`core::any::type_name`].
 #[rustc_nounwind]
@@ -2709,10 +2709,10 @@ pub const fn type_name<T: ?Sized>() -> &'static str;
 /// function will return the same value for a type regardless of whichever
 /// crate it is invoked in.
 ///
-/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this is safe to call;
-/// it does not require an `unsafe` block.
-/// Therefore, implementations must not require the user to uphold
-/// any safety invariants.
+/// Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this can only be called at compile-time
+/// as backends do not have an implementation for it. The only caller (its
+/// stable counterpart), wraps this intrinsic call in a `const` block so that
+/// backends only see an evaluated constant.
 ///
 /// The stabilized version of this intrinsic is [`core::any::TypeId::of`].
 #[rustc_nounwind]

core/src/mem/mod.rs

@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ pub const unsafe fn align_of_val_raw<T: ?Sized>(val: *const T) -> usize {
 #[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_mem_needs_drop", since = "1.36.0")]
 #[rustc_diagnostic_item = "needs_drop"]
 pub const fn needs_drop<T: ?Sized>() -> bool {
-    intrinsics::needs_drop::<T>()
+    const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<T>() }
 }
 
 /// Returns the value of type `T` represented by the all-zero byte-pattern.
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ pub const fn discriminant<T>(v: &T) -> Discriminant<T> {
 #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "variant_count", issue = "73662")]
 #[rustc_diagnostic_item = "mem_variant_count"]
 pub const fn variant_count<T>() -> usize {
-    intrinsics::variant_count::<T>()
+    const { intrinsics::variant_count::<T>() }
 }
 
 /// Provides associated constants for various useful properties of types,