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Jonathan Brouwer 33528612ba Rollup merge of #154795 - ZuseZ4:autodiff-general-docs, r=oli-obk
Add more info about where autodiff can be applied

It's taken quite a few years, but we finally have a PR open to distribute Enzyme: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/154754
I therefore went over the docs once more and noticed we don't explain a lot of the most basic features, which we added over the years and have since taken for granted.

@Sa4dUs, do you think there are more interesting cases that we are missing?

Generally, there's still a lot of complexity in it, especially for people who haven't used Enzyme before.
To some extent, that's just a result of my general design goal to expose all performance-relevant features of Enzyme, and let users explore nice abstractions on top if it, via crates. Since we don't have those nightly users yet, users haven't had time to build nicer abstractions on top of it.

I also feel like a more guided book would be a better first introduction to Enzyme, but for now I just focused on the list of features.

r? @oli-obk
2026-04-07 17:26:32 +02:00

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Rust

//! # The Rust Core Library
//!
//! The Rust Core Library is the dependency-free[^free] foundation of [The
//! Rust Standard Library](../std/index.html). It is the portable glue
//! between the language and its libraries, defining the intrinsic and
//! primitive building blocks of all Rust code. It links to no
//! upstream libraries, no system libraries, and no libc.
//!
//! [^free]: Strictly speaking, there are some symbols which are needed but
//! they aren't always necessary.
//!
//! The core library is *minimal*: it isn't even aware of heap allocation,
//! nor does it provide concurrency or I/O. These things require
//! platform integration, and this library is platform-agnostic.
//!
//! # How to use the core library
//!
//! Please note that all of these details are currently not considered stable.
//!
// FIXME: Fill me in with more detail when the interface settles
//! This library is built on the assumption of a few existing symbols:
//!
//! * `memcpy`, `memmove`, `memset`, `memcmp`, `bcmp`, `strlen` - These are core memory routines
//! which are generated by Rust codegen backends. Additionally, this library can make explicit
//! calls to `strlen`. Their signatures are the same as found in C, but there are extra
//! assumptions about their semantics: For `memcpy`, `memmove`, `memset`, `memcmp`, and `bcmp`, if
//! the `n` parameter is 0, the function is assumed to not be UB, even if the pointers are NULL or
//! dangling. (Note that making extra assumptions about these functions is common among compilers:
//! [clang](https://reviews.llvm.org/D86993) and [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Standards.html#C-Language) do the same.)
//! These functions are often provided by the system libc, but can also be provided by the
//! [compiler-builtins crate](https://crates.io/crates/compiler_builtins).
//! Note that the library does not guarantee that it will always make these assumptions, so Rust
//! user code directly calling the C functions should follow the C specification! The advice for
//! Rust user code is to call the functions provided by this library instead (such as
//! `ptr::copy`).
//!
//! * Panic handler - This function takes one argument, a `&panic::PanicInfo`. It is up to consumers of this core
//! library to define this panic function; it is only required to never
//! return. You should mark your implementation using `#[panic_handler]`.
//!
//! * `rust_eh_personality` - is used by the failure mechanisms of the
//! compiler. This is often mapped to GCC's personality function, but crates
//! which do not trigger a panic can be assured that this function is never
//! called. The `lang` attribute is called `eh_personality`.
#![stable(feature = "core", since = "1.6.0")]
#![doc(
html_playground_url = "https://play.rust-lang.org/",
issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/",
test(no_crate_inject, attr(deny(warnings))),
test(attr(allow(dead_code, deprecated, unused_variables, unused_mut, duplicate_features)))
)]
#![doc(rust_logo)]
#![doc(auto_cfg(hide(
no_fp_fmt_parse,
target_pointer_width = "16",
target_pointer_width = "32",
target_pointer_width = "64",
target_has_atomic = "8",
target_has_atomic = "16",
target_has_atomic = "32",
target_has_atomic = "64",
target_has_atomic = "ptr",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "8",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "16",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "32",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "64",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "ptr",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "8",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "16",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "32",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "64",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "ptr",
)))]
#![no_core]
#![rustc_coherence_is_core]
#![rustc_preserve_ub_checks]
//
// Lints:
#![deny(rust_2021_incompatible_or_patterns)]
#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
#![deny(fuzzy_provenance_casts)]
#![warn(deprecated_in_future)]
#![warn(missing_debug_implementations)]
#![warn(missing_docs)]
#![allow(explicit_outlives_requirements)]
#![allow(incomplete_features)]
#![warn(multiple_supertrait_upcastable)]
#![allow(internal_features)]
#![allow(unused_features)]
#![deny(ffi_unwind_calls)]
#![warn(unreachable_pub)]
// Do not check link redundancy on bootstrapping phase
#![allow(rustdoc::redundant_explicit_links)]
#![warn(rustdoc::unescaped_backticks)]
//
// Library features:
// tidy-alphabetical-start
#![feature(asm_experimental_arch)]
#![feature(bstr_internals)]
#![feature(cfg_target_has_reliable_f16_f128)]
#![feature(const_carrying_mul_add)]
#![feature(const_cmp)]
#![feature(const_destruct)]
#![feature(const_eval_select)]
#![feature(const_select_unpredictable)]
#![feature(core_intrinsics)]
#![feature(coverage_attribute)]
#![feature(disjoint_bitor)]
#![feature(offset_of_enum)]
#![feature(panic_internals)]
#![feature(pattern_type_macro)]
#![feature(sealed)]
#![feature(ub_checks)]
// tidy-alphabetical-end
//
// Language features:
// tidy-alphabetical-start
#![feature(abi_unadjusted)]
#![feature(adt_const_params)]
#![feature(allow_internal_unsafe)]
#![feature(allow_internal_unstable)]
#![feature(auto_traits)]
#![feature(cfg_sanitize)]
#![feature(cfg_target_has_atomic)]
#![feature(cfg_target_has_atomic_equal_alignment)]
#![feature(cfg_ub_checks)]
#![feature(const_precise_live_drops)]
#![feature(const_trait_impl)]
#![feature(decl_macro)]
#![feature(deprecated_suggestion)]
#![feature(derive_const)]
#![feature(diagnostic_on_const)]
#![feature(doc_cfg)]
#![feature(doc_notable_trait)]
#![feature(extern_types)]
#![feature(f16)]
#![feature(f128)]
#![feature(field_projections)]
#![feature(freeze_impls)]
#![feature(fundamental)]
#![feature(funnel_shifts)]
#![feature(intra_doc_pointers)]
#![feature(intrinsics)]
#![feature(lang_items)]
#![feature(link_cfg)]
#![feature(link_llvm_intrinsics)]
#![feature(macro_metavar_expr)]
#![feature(macro_metavar_expr_concat)]
#![feature(marker_trait_attr)]
#![feature(min_specialization)]
#![feature(multiple_supertrait_upcastable)]
#![feature(must_not_suspend)]
#![feature(negative_impls)]
#![feature(never_type)]
#![feature(no_core)]
#![feature(optimize_attribute)]
#![feature(pattern_types)]
#![feature(prelude_import)]
#![feature(repr_simd)]
#![feature(rustc_attrs)]
#![feature(rustdoc_internals)]
#![feature(simd_ffi)]
#![feature(staged_api)]
#![feature(stmt_expr_attributes)]
#![feature(strict_provenance_lints)]
#![feature(target_feature_inline_always)]
#![feature(trait_alias)]
#![feature(transparent_unions)]
#![feature(try_blocks)]
#![feature(uint_carryless_mul)]
#![feature(unboxed_closures)]
#![feature(unsized_fn_params)]
#![feature(with_negative_coherence)]
// tidy-alphabetical-end
//
// Target features:
// tidy-alphabetical-start
#![feature(aarch64_unstable_target_feature)]
#![feature(arm_target_feature)]
#![feature(avx10_target_feature)]
#![feature(hexagon_target_feature)]
#![feature(loongarch_target_feature)]
#![feature(mips_target_feature)]
#![feature(movrs_target_feature)]
#![feature(nvptx_target_feature)]
#![feature(powerpc_target_feature)]
#![feature(riscv_target_feature)]
#![feature(rtm_target_feature)]
#![feature(s390x_target_feature)]
#![feature(wasm_target_feature)]
#![feature(x86_amx_intrinsics)]
// tidy-alphabetical-end
// allow using `core::` in intra-doc links
#[allow(unused_extern_crates)]
extern crate self as core;
/* The core prelude, not as all-encompassing as the std prelude */
// The compiler expects the prelude definition to be defined before it's use statement.
pub mod prelude;
#[prelude_import]
#[allow(unused)]
use prelude::rust_2024::*;
#[macro_use]
mod macros;
#[stable(feature = "assert_matches", since = "1.95.0")]
pub use crate::macros::{assert_matches, debug_assert_matches};
#[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
/// Unstable module containing the unstable `From` derive macro.
pub mod from {
#[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
pub use crate::macros::builtin::From;
}
mod sealed {
/// This trait being unreachable from outside the crate
/// prevents outside implementations of our extension traits.
/// This allows adding more trait methods in the future.
#[unstable(feature = "sealed", issue = "none")]
pub trait Sealed {}
}
// We don't export this through #[macro_export] for now, to avoid breakage.
#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
#[doc = include_str!("../../core/src/autodiff.md")]
pub mod autodiff {
#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
pub use crate::macros::builtin::{autodiff_forward, autodiff_reverse};
}
#[unstable(feature = "contracts", issue = "128044")]
pub mod contracts;
#[unstable(feature = "derive_macro_global_path", issue = "154645")]
pub use crate::macros::builtin::derive;
#[stable(feature = "cfg_select", since = "1.95.0")]
pub use crate::macros::cfg_select;
#[macro_use]
mod internal_macros;
#[path = "num/shells/legacy_int_modules.rs"]
mod legacy_int_modules;
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)] // FIXME false positive (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/15636)
#[allow(deprecated_in_future)]
pub use legacy_int_modules::{i8, i16, i32, i64, isize, u8, u16, u32, u64, usize};
#[stable(feature = "i128", since = "1.26.0")]
#[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)] // FIXME false positive (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/15636)
#[allow(deprecated_in_future)]
pub use legacy_int_modules::{i128, u128};
#[path = "num/f128.rs"]
pub mod f128;
#[path = "num/f16.rs"]
pub mod f16;
#[path = "num/f32.rs"]
pub mod f32;
#[path = "num/f64.rs"]
pub mod f64;
#[macro_use]
pub mod num;
/* Core modules for ownership management */
pub mod hint;
pub mod intrinsics;
pub mod mem;
#[unstable(feature = "profiling_marker_api", issue = "148197")]
pub mod profiling;
pub mod ptr;
#[unstable(feature = "ub_checks", issue = "none")]
pub mod ub_checks;
/* Core language traits */
pub mod borrow;
pub mod clone;
pub mod cmp;
pub mod convert;
pub mod default;
pub mod error;
#[unstable(feature = "field_projections", issue = "145383")]
pub mod field;
pub mod index;
pub mod marker;
pub mod ops;
/* Core types and methods on primitives */
pub mod any;
pub mod array;
pub mod ascii;
pub mod asserting;
#[unstable(feature = "async_iterator", issue = "79024")]
pub mod async_iter;
#[unstable(feature = "bstr", issue = "134915")]
pub mod bstr;
pub mod cell;
pub mod char;
pub mod ffi;
#[unstable(feature = "core_io_borrowed_buf", issue = "117693")]
pub mod io;
pub mod iter;
pub mod net;
pub mod option;
pub mod os;
pub mod panic;
pub mod panicking;
#[unstable(feature = "pattern_type_macro", issue = "123646")]
pub mod pat;
pub mod pin;
#[unstable(feature = "random", issue = "130703")]
pub mod random;
#[stable(feature = "new_range_inclusive_api", since = "1.95.0")]
pub mod range;
pub mod result;
pub mod sync;
#[unstable(feature = "unsafe_binders", issue = "130516")]
pub mod unsafe_binder;
pub mod fmt;
pub mod hash;
pub mod slice;
pub mod str;
pub mod time;
pub mod wtf8;
pub mod unicode;
/* Async */
pub mod future;
pub mod task;
/* Heap memory allocator trait */
#[allow(missing_docs)]
pub mod alloc;
// note: does not need to be public
mod bool;
mod escape;
mod tuple;
mod unit;
#[stable(feature = "core_primitive", since = "1.43.0")]
pub mod primitive;
// Pull in the `core_arch` crate directly into core. The contents of
// `core_arch` are in a different repository: rust-lang/stdarch.
//
// `core_arch` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
// crate uses the this crate as its core.
#[path = "../../stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/mod.rs"]
#[allow(
missing_docs,
missing_debug_implementations,
dead_code,
unused_imports,
unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn,
ambiguous_glob_reexports,
deprecated_in_future,
unreachable_pub
)]
#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
mod core_arch;
#[stable(feature = "simd_arch", since = "1.27.0")]
pub mod arch;
// Pull in the `core_simd` crate directly into core. The contents of
// `core_simd` are in a different repository: rust-lang/portable-simd.
//
// `core_simd` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
// crate uses this crate as its core.
#[path = "../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/mod.rs"]
#[allow(missing_debug_implementations, dead_code, unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
mod core_simd;
#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
pub mod simd {
#![doc = include_str!("../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/core_simd_docs.md")]
#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
pub use crate::core_simd::simd::*;
}
include!("primitive_docs.rs");