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		remram on Jan 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uninitialized memory: Unsafe Rust is too hard Do you have a source/explanation for *role not being a mutable reference? What is this expression's type then? You mention ptr::write() but it is not used here, and I don't see how you could use it to write to a field?

gulbanana on Feb 1, 2022 [–]

(*role) is not a reference at all, it is a value. its type is Role.

remram on Feb 1, 2022 | [–]

lvalue not mutable reference, got it. I'm surprised there are contexts where one is fine but the other is UB, but I understand the rule.

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