Re: [PATCH v4 03/16] rust: mem: add `AsRepr` and `AsReprMut`

From: Miguel Ojeda

Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 15:22:53 EST


On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> + /// Convert from `Self` to [`Self::Repr`].

I think [`Self`] etc. work too.

> +/// - [`Self`] must be [transmutable] from [`Self::Repr`].

We say "can" in the `AsRepr` one -- we should be consistent.

> +// SAFETY: `bool` has the same size and alignment as `u8`, and Rust guarantees that `bool` has
> +// only two valid bit patterns: 0 (false) and 1 (true). Thus `bool` can be transmuted to `u8`.

`false`, `true`

> + // SAFETY: $unsigned has the same size and alignment with itself, and is transmutable to

`$unsigned` (a few below).

Cheers,
Miguel