Tracking Issue for linking modifiers for native libraries

[petrochenkov]

This is a tracking issue for the RFC "Linking modifiers for native libraries" (rust-lang/rfcs#2951) accepted through MCP rust-lang/compiler-team#356.
The feature gate for the issue is #![feature(native_link_modifiers)].

About tracking issues

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Steps

• Implement the RFC - Implement RFC 2951: Native link modifiers #83507
• Adjust documentation - Document native library modifier syntax and the whole-archive modifier specifically reference#1170
• Stabilization PR - Stabilize native library modifier syntax and the whole-archive modifier specifically #93901

Unresolved Questions

Implementation history

[12101111]

warning: the feature `native_link_modifiers` is incomplete and may not be safe to use and/or cause compiler crashes
 --> library/unwind/src/lib.rs:8:12
  |
8 | #![feature(native_link_modifiers)]
  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  |
  = note: `#[warn(incomplete_features)]` on by default
  = note: see issue #81490 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/81490> for more information

There are 4 feature gate: native_link_modifiers_{as_needed,bundle,verbatim,whole_archive}, are they both incomplete or just some of them are incomplete?

[petrochenkov]

I don't think the incomplete warning is correct, the modifiers are not yet stable, but they are complete enough.