Tracking Issue for `#![feature(pointer_try_cast_aligned)]`
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Description
Feature gate: #![feature(pointer_try_cast_aligned)]
This is a tracking issue for adding the convenience method try_cast_aligned to *const T, *mut T and NonNull<T>.
impl<T: ?Sized> *const T {
pub fn try_cast_aligned<U: Sized>(self) -> Option<*const U>;
}
impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
pub fn try_cast_aligned<U: Sized>(self) -> Option<*mut U>;
}
impl<T: ?Sized> NonNull<T> {
pub fn try_cast_aligned<U: Sized>(self) -> Option<NonNull<U>>;
}
Steps / History
- API change proposal (ACP): https://github.com/rust-lang/libs-team/issues/588
- Implementation: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/141222
- Fix doctest: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/141381
- Final comment period (FCP)
- Stabilization PR: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/154170
Unresolved Questions
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the API change proposal, implementation, doctest, and stabilization PRs linked in this tracking issue. The remaining work is the final comment period and stabilization process; the issue lists no unresolved questions or standalone newcomer task.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100