We were using &mut [u8] in encode_utf8, but this is not right according
to the developing unsafe coding guidelines. We need to use raw pointers
to write to possibly uninit memory.
We use a raw pointer form for encode_utf8. It was first attempted to
encapsulate the trusted-to-be-valid raw pointer in a simple { *mut u8,
usize } struct, but the current way of passing ptr and len separately
was the only way to not regress performance.
This impl maintains the same performance in arraystring benches.
Add exhaustive-style tests for encode_utf8
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