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Expand Up @@ -111,49 +111,51 @@ r[items.extern.abi.standard]
The following ABI strings are supported on all platforms:

r[items.extern.abi.rust]
* `unsafe extern "Rust"` -- The default ABI when you write a normal `fn foo()` in any
Rust code.
* `unsafe extern "Rust"` --- The default ABI when you write a normal `fn foo()` in any Rust code.

r[items.extern.abi.c]
* `unsafe extern "C"` -- This is the same as `extern fn foo()`; whatever the default
your C compiler supports.
* `unsafe extern "C"` --- This is the same as `extern fn foo()`; whatever the default your C compiler supports.

r[items.extern.abi.system]
* `unsafe extern "system"` -- Usually the same as `extern "C"`, except on Win32, in
which case it's `"stdcall"`, or what you should use to link to the Windows
API itself
* `unsafe extern "system"` --- Usually the same as `extern "C"`, except on Win32, in which case it's `"stdcall"`, or what you should use to link to the Windows API itself.

r[items.extern.abi.unwind]
* `extern "C-unwind"` and `extern "system-unwind"` -- identical to `"C"` and `"system"`, respectively, but with [different behavior][unwind-behavior] when the callee unwinds (by panicking or throwing a C++ style exception).
* `extern "C-unwind"` and `extern "system-unwind"` --- Identical to `"C"` and `"system"`, respectively, but with [different behavior][unwind-behavior] when the callee unwinds (by panicking or throwing a C++ style exception).

r[items.extern.abi.platform]
There are also some platform-specific ABI strings:

r[items.extern.abi.cdecl]
* `unsafe extern "cdecl"` -- The default for x86\_32 C code.
* `unsafe extern "cdecl"` --- The default for x86_32 C code.
* Only available on x86_32 targets.

r[items.extern.abi.stdcall]
* `unsafe extern "stdcall"` -- The default for the Win32 API on x86\_32.
* `unsafe extern "stdcall"` --- The default for the Win32 API on x86_32.
* Only available on x86_32 targets.

r[items.extern.abi.win64]
* `unsafe extern "win64"` -- The default for C code on x86\_64 Windows.
* `unsafe extern "win64"` --- The default for C code on x86_64 Windows.
* Only available on x86_64 targets.

r[items.extern.abi.sysv64]
* `unsafe extern "sysv64"` -- The default for C code on non-Windows x86\_64.
* `unsafe extern "sysv64"` --- The default for C code on non-Windows x86_64.
* Only available on x86_64 targets.

r[items.extern.abi.aapcs]
* `unsafe extern "aapcs"` -- The default for ARM.
* `unsafe extern "aapcs"` --- The default for ARM.
* Only available on ARM32 targets.

r[items.extern.abi.fastcall]
* `unsafe extern "fastcall"` -- The `fastcall` ABI -- corresponds to MSVC's
`__fastcall` and GCC and clang's `__attribute__((fastcall))`
* `unsafe extern "fastcall"` --- The `fastcall` ABI --- corresponds to MSVC's `__fastcall` and GCC and clang's `__attribute__((fastcall))`.
* Only available on x86_32 targets.

r[items.extern.abi.thiscall]
* `unsafe extern "thiscall"` -- The default for C++ member functions on x86\_32 MSVC -- corresponds to MSVC's
`__thiscall` and GCC and clang's `__attribute__((thiscall))`
* `unsafe extern "thiscall"` --- The default for C++ member functions on x86_32 MSVC --- corresponds to MSVC's `__thiscall` and GCC and clang's `__attribute__((thiscall))`.
* Only available on x86_32 targets.

r[items.extern.abi.efiapi]
* `unsafe extern "efiapi"` -- The ABI used for [UEFI] functions.
* `unsafe extern "efiapi"` --- The ABI used for [UEFI] functions.
* Only available on x86 and ARM targets (32bit and 64bit).

r[items.extern.abi.platform-unwind-variants]
Like `"C"` and `"system"`, most platform-specific ABI strings also have a [corresponding `-unwind` variant][unwind-behavior]; specifically, these are:
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