bootstrap: Don't name things copy that are not copies #122590
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The bootstrap copy methods don't actually copy, they just hard link. Simply lying about it being "copying" can be very confusing! (ask me how I know!).
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Hehe, yeah, this name has bitten me multiple times in the past. Good idea! |
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@bors r+ rollup I'd probably say |
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…enton Rollup of 7 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#122323 (configure.py: add flag for loongarch64 musl-root) - rust-lang#122372 (prevent notifying the same changes more than once) - rust-lang#122390 (Bump windows-bindgen to 0.55.0) - rust-lang#122401 (Check library crates for all tier 1 targets in PR CI) - rust-lang#122489 (Bump `cargo update` PR more often) - rust-lang#122583 (Use `UnsafeCell` for fast constant thread locals) - rust-lang#122590 (bootstrap: Don't name things copy that are not copies) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
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Rollup merge of rust-lang#122590 - Nilstrieb:bootstrap-do-you-know-what-the-word-copy-means, r=Mark-Simulacrum bootstrap: Don't name things copy that are not copies The bootstrap copy methods don't actually copy, they just hard link. Simply lying about it being "copying" can be very confusing! (ask me how I know!). I'm not sure whether the name I chose is the ideal name, but it's definitely better than before.
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The bootstrap copy methods don't actually copy, they just hard link. Simply lying about it being "copying" can be very confusing! (ask me how I know!).
I'm not sure whether the name I chose is the ideal name, but it's definitely better than before.