Add (unsafe) coercion from bits to std::bitflags

The intent of `std::bitflags` is to allow building type-safe wrappers
around C-style flags APIs. But in addition to construction these flags
from the Rust side, we need a way to convert them from the C
side. This patch adds a `from_bits` function, which is unsafe since
the bits in question may not represent a valid combination of flags.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstd/bitflags.rs b/src/libstd/bitflags.rs
index 3c06682eaaf..5737bc772df 100644
--- a/src/libstd/bitflags.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/bitflags.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ macro_rules! bitflags(
                 self.bits
             }
 
+            /// Convert from underlying bit representation. Unsafe because the
+            /// bits are not guaranteed to represent valid flags.
+            pub unsafe fn from_bits(bits: $T) -> $BitFlags {
+                $BitFlags { bits: bits }
+            }
+
             /// Returns `true` if no flags are currently stored.
             pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
                 *self == $BitFlags::empty()