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Author SHA1 Message Date
Scott McMurray
f6a57c1955 Move Option::as_slice to an always-sound implementation
This approach depends on CSE to not have any branches or selects when the guessed offset is correct -- which it always will be right now -- but to also be *sound* (just less efficient) if the layout algorithms change such that the guess is incorrect.
2023-03-11 20:29:26 -08:00
Andre Bogus
41da875fae Add Option::as_slice(_mut)
This adds the following functions:

* `Option<T>::as_slice(&self) -> &[T]`
* `Option<T>::as_slice_mut(&mut self) -> &[T]`

The `as_slice` and `as_slice_mut` functions benefit from an
optimization that makes them completely branch-free.

Note that the optimization's soundness hinges on the fact that either
the niche optimization makes the offset of the `Some(_)` contents zero
or the mempory layout of `Option<T>` is equal to that of
`Option<MaybeUninit<T>>`.
2023-03-01 00:05:31 +01:00