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doc: explain why it is unsafe to construct Vec<u8> from Vec<u16> #65873

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tesuji commented Oct 27, 2019

cc @rkruppe or @RalfJung

/// to build a `Vec<u8>` from a pointer to a C `char` array with length `size_t`,
/// or a `Vec<u16>` and its length. Because the allocator cares about the alignment.
/// The buffer was allocated with alignment 2 (for `u16`), but after
/// turning it into a `Vec<u8>` it'll be deallocated with alignment 1.
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This reads just a little off; I would say

    /// to build a `Vec<u8>` from a pointer to a C `char` array with length `size_t`.
    /// It's also not safe to build one from a `Vec<u16>` and its length, because 
    /// the allocator cares about the alignment, and these two types have different 
    /// alignments. The buffer was allocated with alignment 2 (for `u16`), but after
    /// turning it into a `Vec<u8>` it'll be deallocated with alignment 1.

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@bors r+ rollup

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bors commented Oct 27, 2019

📌 Commit 3f98078 has been approved by rkruppe

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Rollup of 6 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #64747 (Stabilize `Option::flatten`)
 - #65664 (`std::panic::Location` is a lang_item, add `core::intrinsics::caller_location` (RFC 2091 3/N))
 - #65792 (rustc, rustc_passes: reduce deps on rustc_expand)
 - #65849 (librustc_lexer: Enhance documentation)
 - #65873 (doc: explain why it is unsafe to construct Vec<u8> from Vec<u16>)
 - #65880 (Gather together usefulness tests)

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@bors bors merged commit 3f98078 into rust-lang:master Oct 28, 2019
@tesuji tesuji deleted the doc-vec-from-raw-parts branch October 28, 2019 07:40
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