Tracking Issue for `pointer::cast_array`
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- Rust
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Description
Feature gate: #![feature(ptr_cast_array)]
This is a tracking issue for the method for casting pointers to elements to pointers to arrays.
Public API
impl<T> *const T {
pub const fn cast_array<const N: usize>(self) -> *const [T; N];
}
impl<T> *mut T {
pub const fn cast_array<const N: usize>(self) -> *mut [T; N];
}
impl<T> NonNull<T> {
pub const fn cast_array<const N: usize>(self) -> NonNull<[T; N]>;
}
Steps / History
(Remember to update the S-tracking-* label when checking boxes.)
- ACP: https://github.com/rust-lang/libs-team/issues/602
- Implementation: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/144515
- Final comment period (FCP)[^1]
- Stabilization PR
Unresolved Questions
- None yet.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the public API shown in the issue and review the implementation work in PR #144515. Follow the tracking checklist through implementation, the final comment period, and the stabilization PR; the issue is complete when all listed stages are finished.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100