This is the "real" union solution, and ArrayString can use it since its
backing array is Copy. Unfortunately, we'll have to use the Copy bound
on the type, making it "viral" and visible in the user API.
* '0.4' of https://github.com/bluss/arrayvec:
0.4.9
TEST: Add test that ensures the MaybeUninit impl is used on nightly
FIX: Remove use of uninitialized in ArrayString
FEAT: Implement a "MaybeUninit" and use it conditionally
TEST: Add test that Some(ArrayVec<[&_;_]>).is_some()
MAINT: Test the 0.4 branch in travis
We can't fix this properly (MaybeUninit with a union) until we change
the user visible API (we need to require that A: Copy.
As a temporary solution for arrayvec version 0.4.*, we use zeroed to
initialize an array of bytes, instead of using uninitialized. This may
have a negative performance impact, but the fix is to upgrade to future
arrayvec 0.5.
Instead of being vague about it, we can promise it.
We continue to be a bit vague in ArrayString::set_len. I don't see how
to add a char boundary check in ArrayString::set_len unfortunately.
It's a tricky issue, checking char boundaries requires reading the
memory of the string, and we don't even know if the user of set_len has
initialized that area of memory yet (but they hopefully did).
This implements serde support under the optional 'serde' feature, and adds unit tests to test said support.
https://serde.rs/unit-testing.html used as a guide for the unit tests - using 'serde_test' makes for much
less boilerplate here, but it does require that the project have a non-optional dev dependency on 'serde_test'.
Previously we used formatting, which is a virtual call and quite the
detour. Now copy the utf-8 encoding code from Rust (thank you Alex
Crichton) and use that.
bluss