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Use TryInto to avoid unsafe. #507

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@Gaelan Gaelan commented Jan 4, 2021

I'm submitting a(n) refactor

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Previously, to_fields and to_fields_le used unsafe to convert a &[u8] into a &[u8; 8]. Now that we're only supporting Rust versions where TryInto is stable, we can use try_into().unwrap() instead, making uuid entirely safe Rust.

In release mode, the compiler detects that the slice will always be the correct size, so try_into can never fail. Thus, the unwrap
is optimized out and we end up with the exact same assembly as the unsafe block.

Godbolt output showing the resulting assembly: https://godbolt.org/z/nWxT6W

Motivation

Makes UUID entirely safe Rust.

With this PR,

Tests

All existing tests pass. Doesn't add any new functionality, so that should be sufficient. Assuming the Godbolt test is consistent with what happens in the context of the larger crate, this shouldn't change the resulting binary at all.

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Closes #488.

Previously, to_fields and to_fields_le used unsafe to convert a
&[u8] into a &[u8; 8]. Now that we're only supporting Rust
versions where TryInto is stable, we can use try_into().unwrap()
instead, making uuid entirely safe Rust.

In release mode, the compiler detects that the slice will always
be the correct size, so try_into can never fail. Thus, the unwrap
is optimized out and we end up with the exact same assembly
as the unsafe block.

Godbolt output showing the resulting assembly:
https://godbolt.org/z/nWxT6W

Closes uuid-rs#488.
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@bors bors bot merged commit 805f4ed into uuid-rs:master Jan 17, 2021
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Unsafe is no longer necessary as of rustc 1.34
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