Tracking Issue for `const_nonnull_new`

[lilasta]

Feature gate: #![feature(const_nonnull_new)]

This is a tracking issue for implementing NonNull::new.

Public API

// core::ptr
impl<T: ?Sized> NonNull<T> {
    pub const fn new(ptr: *mut T) -> Option<Self>;
}

Steps / History

• Implementation: Make NonNull::new const #93236
• Final comment period (FCP)
• Stabilization PR

Unresolved Questions

• Quasi-blocked on Tracking issue for const <*const T>::is_null #74939

[workingjubilee]

Quasi-blocked on #93235

[RalfJung]

Quasi-blocked on #93235

I assume you mean #74939.

That one just finished FCP, so we can now move ahead with NonNull::new. :)
@rust-lang/libs-api this should be, finally, ready to be stabilized.

[dtolnay]

@rfcbot fcp merge

[rfcbot]

Team member @dtolnay has proposed to merge this. The next step is review by the rest of the tagged team members:

• @Amanieu
• @BurntSushi
• @dtolnay
• @joshtriplett
• @m-ou-se

No concerns currently listed.

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