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diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/src/docs/transmute_ptr_to_ref.txt b/src/tools/clippy/src/docs/transmute_ptr_to_ref.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aca550f50 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/tools/clippy/src/docs/transmute_ptr_to_ref.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +### What it does +Checks for transmutes from a pointer to a reference. + +### Why is this bad? +This can always be rewritten with `&` and `*`. + +### Known problems +- `mem::transmute` in statics and constants is stable from Rust 1.46.0, +while dereferencing raw pointer is not stable yet. +If you need to do this in those places, +you would have to use `transmute` instead. + +### Example +``` +unsafe { + let _: &T = std::mem::transmute(p); // where p: *const T +} + +// can be written: +let _: &T = &*p; +```
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