Single commit implementing the enzyme/autodiff frontend

Co-authored-by: Lorenz Schmidt <bytesnake@mailbox.org>

Author: ZuseZ4

core/src/lib.rs

@@ -278,6 +278,15 @@ pub mod assert_matches {
     pub use crate::macros::{assert_matches, debug_assert_matches};
 }
 
+// We don't export this through #[macro_export] for now, to avoid breakage.
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
+/// Unstable module containing the unstable `autodiff` macro.
+pub mod autodiff {
+    #[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
+    pub use crate::macros::builtin::autodiff;
+}
+
 #[unstable(feature = "cfg_match", issue = "115585")]
 pub use crate::macros::cfg_match;
 

core/src/macros/mod.rs

@@ -1539,6 +1539,24 @@ pub(crate) mod builtin {
         ($file:expr $(,)?) => {{ /* compiler built-in */ }};
     }
 
+    /// Automatic Differentiation macro which allows generating a new function to compute
+    /// the derivative of a given function. It may only be applied to a function.
+    /// The expected usage syntax is
+    /// `#[autodiff(NAME, MODE, INPUT_ACTIVITIES, OUTPUT_ACTIVITY)]`
+    /// where:
+    /// NAME is a string that represents a valid function name.
+    /// MODE is any of Forward, Reverse, ForwardFirst, ReverseFirst.
+    /// INPUT_ACTIVITIES consists of one valid activity for each input parameter.
+    /// OUTPUT_ACTIVITY must not be set if we implicitely return nothing (or explicitely return
+    /// `-> ()`. Otherwise it must be set to one of the allowed activities.
+    #[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
+    #[allow_internal_unstable(rustc_attrs)]
+    #[rustc_builtin_macro]
+    #[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+    pub macro autodiff($item:item) {
+        /* compiler built-in */
+    }
+
     /// Asserts that a boolean expression is `true` at runtime.
     ///
     /// This will invoke the [`panic!`] macro if the provided expression cannot be

std/src/lib.rs

@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
 #![allow(unused_features)]
 //
 // Features:
+#![cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), feature(autodiff))]
 #![cfg_attr(test, feature(internal_output_capture, print_internals, update_panic_count, rt))]
 #![cfg_attr(
     all(target_vendor = "fortanix", target_env = "sgx"),
@@ -627,7 +628,13 @@ pub mod simd {
     #[doc(inline)]
     pub use crate::std_float::StdFloat;
 }
-
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
+/// This module provides support for automatic differentiation.
+pub mod autodiff {
+    /// This macro handles automatic differentiation.
+    pub use core::autodiff::autodiff;
+}
 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
 pub mod task {
     //! Types and Traits for working with asynchronous tasks.