Uninitialized boxes: add test for zero-size allocations

Author: SimonSapin

src/liballoc/tests/boxed.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use std::ptr::NonNull;
+use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
+
+#[test]
+fn unitialized_zero_size_box() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        &*Box::<()>::new_uninit() as *const _,
+        NonNull::<MaybeUninit<()>>::dangling().as_ptr(),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        Box::<[()]>::new_uninit_slice(4).as_ptr(),
+        NonNull::<MaybeUninit<()>>::dangling().as_ptr(),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        Box::<[String]>::new_uninit_slice(0).as_ptr(),
+        NonNull::<MaybeUninit<String>>::dangling().as_ptr(),
+    );
+}

src/liballoc/tests/lib.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #![feature(box_syntax)]
 #![feature(drain_filter)]
 #![feature(exact_size_is_empty)]
+#![feature(new_uninit)]
 #![feature(option_flattening)]
 #![feature(pattern)]
 #![feature(repeat_generic_slice)]
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
 
 mod arc;
 mod binary_heap;
+mod boxed;
 mod btree;
 mod cow_str;
 mod fmt;