Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] rust: types: avoid `as` casts

[Tamir Duberstein]

On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 6:35 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 10:20 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Replace `as` casts with `cast{,_const,_mut}` which are a bit safer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The compiler auto-converts from *mut to *const, so only cast_mut() is
> necessary. I think this will still compile if you get rid of all of
> the cast_const() calls.

I thought that wouldn't work because of type inference but it does - I
guess the compiler derefs *mut T to *const T before the cast() to
*const U.

Will change in v3, thanks.