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18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
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Expand Up @@ -1100,6 +1100,24 @@ extern "rust-intrinsic" {
/// Below are common applications of `transmute` which can be replaced with safer
/// constructs.
///
/// Turning raw bytes(`&[u8]`) to `u32`, `f64`, etc.:
///
/// ```
/// let raw_bytes = [0x78, 0x56, 0x34, 0x12];
///
/// let num = unsafe {
/// std::mem::transmute::<[u8; 4], u32>(raw_bytes);
/// };
///
/// // use `u32::from_ne_bytes` instead
/// let num = u32::from_ne_bytes(raw_bytes);
/// // or use `u32::from_le_bytes` or `u32::from_ge_bytes` to specify the endianness
/// let num = u32::from_le_bytes(raw_bytes);
/// assert_eq!(num, 0x12345678);
/// let num = u32::from_be_bytes(raw_bytes);
/// assert_eq!(num, 0x78563412);
/// ```
///
/// Turning a pointer into a `usize`:
///
/// ```
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