Module ptr

Raw Pointer Implementation

This provides bitvec-internal pointer types and a mirror of the core::ptr module.

It contains the following types:

• BitPtr is a raw-pointer to exactly one bit.
• BitRef is a proxy reference to exactly one bit.
• BitSpan is the encoded form of the *BitSlice pointer and &BitSlice reference. It is not publicly exposed, but it serves as the foundation of bitvec’s ability to describe memory regions.

It also provides ports of the free functions available in core::ptr, as well as some utilities for bridging ordinary Rust pointers into bitvec.

You should generally not use the contents of this module; BitSlice provides more convenience and has stronger abilities to optimize performance.

Structs

• BitPtr
  Single-Bit Pointer
• BitPtrRange
  Bit-Pointer Range
• BitRef
  Proxy Bit-Reference
• Const
  A basic const marker.
• MisalignError
  The error produced when an address is insufficiently aligned to the width of its type.
• Mut
  A basic mut marker.

Enums

• BitPtrError
  Errors produced by invalid bit-pointer components.
• BitSpanError
  An error produced when creating BitSpan encoded references.

Traits

• Mutability
  Generalized mutability permissions.

Functions

• bitslice_from_raw_parts
  Bit-Slice Pointer Construction
• bitslice_from_raw_parts_mut
  Bit-Slice Pointer Construction
• check_alignment
  Ensures that an address is well-aligned to its referent type width.
• copy^⚠
  Bit-wise memcpy
• copy_nonoverlapping^⚠
  Bit-wise memcpy
• drop_in_place^⚠Deprecated
  Remote Destructor
• eq
  Bit-Pointer Equality
• hash
  Bit-Pointer Hashing
• null
  Bit-Pointer Sentinel Value
• null_mut
  Bit-Pointer Sentinel Value
• read^⚠
  Single-Bit Read
• read_unaligned^⚠Deprecated
  Single-Bit Unaligned Read
• read_volatile^⚠
  Single-Bit Volatile Read
• replace^⚠
  Single-Bit Replacement
• slice_from_raw_parts
  Raw Bit-Slice Pointer Construction
• slice_from_raw_parts_mut
  Raw Bit-Slice Pointer Construction
• swap^⚠
  Bit Swap
• swap_nonoverlapping^⚠
  Many-Bit Swap
• write^⚠
  Single-Bit Write
• write_bits^⚠
  Bit-wise memset
• write_bytes^⚠Deprecated
  Bit-wise memset
• write_unaligned^⚠Deprecated
  Single-Bit Unaligned Write
• write_volatile^⚠
  Single-Bit Volatile Write