From ede9451915390451ab7bb005b5b7039aab068de7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Burton <burtonageo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 20:24:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow ptr::{null, null_mut} to create pointers to ?Sized
 types

---
 src/libcore/ptr.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libcore/ptr.rs b/src/libcore/ptr.rs
index 3d84e910fe662..fc1326da76145 100644
--- a/src/libcore/ptr.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/ptr.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub unsafe fn drop_in_place<T: ?Sized>(to_drop: *mut T) {
 /// ```
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-pub const fn null<T>() -> *const T { 0 as *const T }
+pub const fn null<T: ?Sized>() -> *const T { 0 as *const T }
 
 /// Creates a null mutable raw pointer.
 ///
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub const fn null<T>() -> *const T { 0 as *const T }
 /// ```
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-pub const fn null_mut<T>() -> *mut T { 0 as *mut T }
+pub const fn null_mut<T: ?Sized>() -> *mut T { 0 as *mut T }
 
 /// Swaps the values at two mutable locations of the same type, without
 /// deinitializing either.