feat: make Zeroizing transparent for cheap conversions
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Sometimes libraries want to be generic across types like `Vec<u8>` and `Box<[u8]>`. Therefore, they use bounds like `T: AsRef<[u8]>`. The `Zeroizing<Vec<u8>>` type should be transparently equivalent to `Vec<u8>` in this regard. This allows `Zeroizing` to be used with all such bounds. Signed-off-by: Nathaniel McCallum <nathaniel@profian.com>
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Sometimes libraries want to be generic across types like
Vec<u8>andBox<[u8]>. Therefore, they use bounds likeT: AsRef<[u8]>. TheZeroizing<Vec<u8>>type should be transparently equivalent toVec<u8>in this regard. This allowsZeroizingto be used with allsuch bounds.
Signed-off-by: Nathaniel McCallum nathaniel@profian.com