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Document unaligned reference restrictions #1326

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ehuss opened this issue Feb 1, 2023 · 2 comments
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Document unaligned reference restrictions #1326

ehuss opened this issue Feb 1, 2023 · 2 comments

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ehuss commented Feb 1, 2023

cc rust-lang/rust#102513

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dtolnay commented Feb 5, 2023

As part of this, please also delete this outdated warning:

<div class="warning">
***Warning:*** Dereferencing an unaligned pointer is [undefined behavior] and
it is possible to [safely create unaligned pointers to `packed` fields][27060].
Like all ways to create undefined behavior in safe Rust, this is a bug.
</div>

[27060]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/27060

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ehuss commented Jun 27, 2023

#1367 has removed the warning, but there still needs to be something added about the restriction of creating unaligned references (probably in the pointers page?). Also, I don't think "unaligned" is ever explicitly defined, which probably should be covered.

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