Default strings and vectors: Parser + Rust support (#6421)

* Fix tests.cpp

* Parser support for vector/string defaults

* tests and default empty vectors

* addressed comments

* Default strings and vectors for Rust

* Tested Rust more_defaults

* git-clang-format

* add more_defaults_test

* fixed vector default

* removed commented out code

* more unreachable

Co-authored-by: Casper Neo <cneo@google.com>

rust/flatbuffers/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "flatbuffers"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["Robert Winslow <hello@rwinslow.com>", "FlatBuffers Maintainers"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"

rust/flatbuffers/src/vector.rs

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ use crate::primitives::*;
 
 pub struct Vector<'a, T: 'a>(&'a [u8], usize, PhantomData<T>);
 
+impl<'a, T:'a> Default for Vector<'a, T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        // Static, length 0 vector.
+        // Note that derived default causes UB due to issues in read_scalar_at /facepalm.
+        Self(&[0; core::mem::size_of::<UOffsetT>()], 0, Default::default())
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a, T> Debug for Vector<'a, T>
 where
     T: 'a + Follow<'a>,