syntax: Add a new unstable #[linked_from] attribute

To correctly reexport statically included libraries from a DLL on Windows, the
compiler will soon need to have knowledge about what symbols are statically
included and which are not. To solve this problem a new unstable
`#[linked_from]` attribute is being added and recognized on `extern` blocks to
indicate which native library the symbols are coming from.

The compiler then keeps track of what the set of FFI symbols are that are
included statically. This information will be used in a future commit to
configure how we invoke the linker on Windows.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
index 60a5730a3da..87149ff81da 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ const KNOWN_FEATURES: &'static [(&'static str, &'static str, Status)] = &[
     ("on_unimplemented", "1.0.0", Active),
     ("simd_ffi", "1.0.0", Active),
     ("allocator", "1.0.0", Active),
+    ("linked_from", "1.3.0", Active),
 
     ("if_let", "1.0.0", Accepted),
     ("while_let", "1.0.0", Accepted),
@@ -269,6 +270,10 @@ pub const KNOWN_ATTRIBUTES: &'static [(&'static str, AttributeType)] = &[
                           "the `#[fundamental]` attribute \
                            is an experimental feature")),
 
+    ("linked_from", Gated("linked_from",
+                          "the `#[linked_from]` attribute \
+                           is an experimental feature")),
+
     // FIXME: #14408 whitelist docs since rustdoc looks at them
     ("doc", Whitelisted),