## Intrinsics Intrinsics are functions that are defined within the language compiler but not in standard library, thus they do not require importing in order to use (and trying to re-define these will end up causing issues). Intrinsics include all pre-existing binary-operators, but also some regular functions and associated functions (that every type has by-default). This document lists them all (except for the binary operators, because there are hundreds of those). ### Macro Intrinsics #### `include_bytes!(path: *char) -> &[u8; _]` Attempts to load file from `path` (relative to module) into memory and includes it into the compiled binary directly. Returns a borrow to an array containing bytes from the file. Array length varies depending on the file contents. ### Associated Intrinsics #### `::sizeof() -> u64` Simply returns the size of type `T` in bytes. ```rust i32::sizeof(); // Returns 4 ``` #### `::null() -> *T` Returns a null-pointer of type `T`. ```rust i32::null(); // Returns *i32 (null-ptr) ``` #### `::malloc(size: u64) -> *T` Allocates `T::sizeof() * size` bytes and returns a pointer to `T`. ```rust i32::malloc(30); // Returns *i32 // Equivalent to malloc(i32::sizeof() * 30) as *i32 ``` #### `::memcpy(destination: *T, source: *T, size: u64)` Copies `T::sizeof() * size` bytes from pointer `source` to pointer `destination`. ```rust let a = i32::malloc(30); let b = i32::malloc(30); // Copies the contents from b to a i32::memcpy(a, b, 30); ```