No longer need to hack around linking to the standard library

examples/integers/src/lib.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,3 @@
 pub extern "C" fn addition(a: u32, b: u32) -> u32 {
     a + b
 }
-
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-pub extern "C" fn fix_linking_when_not_using_stdlib() {
-    panic!()
-}

examples/tuples/src/lib.rs

@@ -31,8 +31,3 @@ impl From<Tuple> for (u32, u32) {
 pub extern "C" fn flip_things_around(tup: Tuple) -> Tuple {
     flip_things_around_rust(tup.into()).into()
 }
-
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-pub extern "C" fn fix_linking_when_not_using_stdlib() {
-    panic!()
-}

examples/vector_return/src/lib.rs

@@ -25,8 +25,3 @@ pub extern "C" fn counter_free(arr: *mut i16, size: size_t) {
         Vec::from_raw_parts(arr, size, size)
     };
 }
-
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-pub extern "C" fn fix_linking_when_not_using_stdlib() {
-    panic!()
-}

site/basics/index.md

@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ was [implemented in Rust 1.10][rust-1.10]; if you are using earlier
 versions, it is encouraged that you upgrade, but you can also use
 `dylib` with minimal ill effects.
 
-Some examples are so minimal that they don't use any features from the
-Rust standard library. This triggers a [known issue][rust-18807] and
-linking will fail. The only workaround is to include an exported but
-unused function that does use something from the standard
-library. These functions are called
-`fix_linking_when_not_using_stdlib` and can be safely removed for any
-larger project.
-
 ## C
 
 All C examples will be compiled using the C11 standard.
@@ -93,7 +85,6 @@ installed.
 [dyn-stat]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#building-dynamic-or-static-libraries
 [rfc1510]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1510-cdylib.md
 [rust-1.10]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2016/07/07/Rust-1.10.html
-[rust-18807]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/18807
 [gem]: https://github.com/ffi/ffi
 [ctypes]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html
 [node-ffi]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ffi-napi