Type Alias RawFdContainer

pub type RawFdContainer = OwnedFd;

A type representative of the file descriptors as they are sent to and from the X server.

On cfg(unix) platforms, this is a type alias for std::os::unix::io::OwnedFd. See the documentation for that type for more information on how it should be used. In most cases it can be cast into a File or UnixStream, or otherwise downgraded into the actual underlying file descriptor.

On non-Unix platforms, this is an uninhabited type in the same vogue as Void. As handle passing is an undefined operation on non-Unix implementations of the X11 protocol, instances of this type cannot exist. No operations can be called on this type. If handle passing is ever added to any reference implementation of the X11 protocol, this type will be changed to something that can be used to represent the file descriptors.

Consumers of this type should be careful to check for cfg(unix) before using it in any meaningful way. Otherwise, the program will not compile on non-Unix platforms.

Aliased Type

struct RawFdContainer { /* private fields */ }