`slice-dst`: Provide example for custom 'slices' using `SliceWithHeader`
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Description
Thank you for this awesome crate. I always respect when people dive into the `unsafe` world of Rust.
I'd like to use the `slice-dst` crate to build something similar to `String` and `str`. Let's assume:
```rust
struct MyString(Box>);
```
To mimicry `str` I want to implement `Borrow for MyString` and `ToOwned for MyStr` (`type Owned = MyString`). However, I have a problem defining `MyStr`. I could use a type alias:
```rust
type MyStr = SliceWithHeader;
```
But this is inconvenient and won't allow some custom `impl MyStr`. What I would like is to use is a new-type-pattern. But this makes it difficult implementing `Borrow`:
```rust
struct MyStr(SliceWithHeader);
impl Borrow for MyString {
fn borrow(&self) -> &MyStr {
&*self.0 // <-- requires some cast/convertion/idk
}
}
```
Would it be safe to simple cast the reference from the `Box` within `MyString` to a `&MyStr` or would this be undefined behavior?
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