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Add documentation about the memory layout of `Cell` https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/101717 guaranteed the memory layout of `UnsafeCell<T>`. This property (a guaranteed memory layout) can be useful to have on `Cell<T>` as well. (Note that `Cell<u8>` [already doesn't trigger the `improper_ctypes` lint](https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2021&gist=34af59ef60b96d8a8bdaec1d52cb5420) since it is `#[repr(transparent)]`). The concrete use-case is for the crate [`objc2`](https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2) to specify that `Cell<T>` is safe to use as an instance variable when `T` is. Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/79303. --- I'm unsure if we should specify less, for example say that the `Cell` may have extra restrictions on when it may be accessed, or if that's implicit in the (deliberately minimal) way I've worded it here? |
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