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<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">vec</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="macro">vec</span><span class="macro">!</span>[<span class="number">0</span>; <span class="number">4</span>]; <span class="kw">unsafe</span> { <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">vec_ptr</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">vec</span>.<span class="ident">as_mut_ptr</span>(); <span class="ident">ptr</span>::<span class="ident">write_bytes</span>(<span class="ident">vec_ptr</span>, <span class="string">b'a'</span>, <span class="number">2</span>); } <span class="macro">assert_eq</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="ident">vec</span>, [<span class="string">b'a'</span>, <span class="string">b'a'</span>, <span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">0</span>]);<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Aptr%3B%0A%0Alet%20mut%20vec%20%3D%20vec!%5B0%3B%204%5D%3B%0Aunsafe%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20let%20vec_ptr%20%3D%20vec.as_mut_ptr()%3B%0A%20%20%20%20ptr%3A%3Awrite_bytes(vec_ptr%2C%20b'a'%2C%202)%3B%0A%7D%0Aassert_eq!(vec%2C%20%5Bb'a'%2C%20b'a'%2C%200%2C%200%5D)%3B%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> </div></section> <section id='search' class="content hidden"></section> <section class="footer"></section> <aside id="help" class="hidden"> <div> <h1 class="hidden">Help</h1> <div class="shortcuts"> <h2>Keyboard Shortcuts</h2> <dl> <dt><kbd>?</kbd></dt> <dd>Show this help dialog</dd> <dt><kbd>S</kbd></dt> <dd>Focus the search field</dd> <dt><kbd>↑</kbd></dt> <dd>Move up in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↓</kbd></dt> <dd>Move down in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↹</kbd></dt> <dd>Switch tab</dd> <dt><kbd>⏎</kbd></dt> <dd>Go to active search result</dd> <dt><kbd>+</kbd></dt> <dd>Expand all sections</dd> <dt><kbd>-</kbd></dt> <dd>Collapse all sections</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="infos"> <h2>Search Tricks</h2> <p> Prefix searches with a type followed by a colon (e.g. <code>fn:</code>) to restrict the search to a given type. </p> <p> Accepted types are: <code>fn</code>, <code>mod</code>, <code>struct</code>, <code>enum</code>, <code>trait</code>, <code>type</code>, <code>macro</code>, and <code>const</code>. </p> <p> Search functions by type signature (e.g. <code>vec -> usize</code> or <code>* -> vec</code>) </p> </div> </div> </aside> <script> window.rootPath = "../../"; 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