google / google/zerocopy

`MaybeValid<T>`

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Description

*Needed by #497*

*Could be supported by #1797*

A type with the same layout as `T` (including alignment) but fewer bit validity requirements. Bytes must be initialized if required by `T`, but they may be uninitialized if permitted by `T`. This is exactly equivalent to the semantics of the `AsInitialized` `Ptr` invariant:

https://github.com/google/zerocopy/blob/06fd1b2753d0e45f1913423e3e1d9d68e5bf09fd/src/pointer/ptr.rs#L260-L291

cc @kupiakos

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