Refactor set_ptr_value as with_metadata_of

By reversing the arguments we achieve several clarifications:

- The function closely resembles `cast` but with an argument to
  initialized the metadata. This is easier to teach and answers an long
  outstanding question that had restricted cast to `Sized` targets
  initially. See multiples reviews of
  <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/47631>
- The 'object identity', in the form or provenance, is now preserved
  from the call receiver to the result. This helps explain the method as
  a builder-style, instead of some kind of setter that would modify
  something in-place. Ensuring that the result has the identity of the
  `self` argument is also beneficial for an intuition of effects.
- An outstanding concern, 'Correct argument type', is avoided by not
  committing to any specific argument type. This is consistent with cast
  which does not require its receiver to be a raw address.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/library/alloc/src/sync.rs b/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
index 2140c3f168d..e302f874bfd 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
@@ -895,7 +895,8 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
             let offset = data_offset(ptr);
 
             // Reverse the offset to find the original ArcInner.
-            let arc_ptr = (ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>).set_ptr_value((ptr as *mut u8).offset(-offset));
+            let arc_ptr =
+                (ptr as *mut u8).offset(-offset).with_metadata_of(ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>);
 
             Self::from_ptr(arc_ptr)
         }
@@ -1182,7 +1183,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
             Self::allocate_for_layout(
                 Layout::for_value(&*ptr),
                 |layout| Global.allocate(layout),
-                |mem| (ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>).set_ptr_value(mem) as *mut ArcInner<T>,
+                |mem| mem.with_metadata_of(ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>),
             )
         }
     }
@@ -1887,7 +1888,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Weak<T> {
             let offset = unsafe { data_offset(ptr) };
             // Thus, we reverse the offset to get the whole RcBox.
             // SAFETY: the pointer originated from a Weak, so this offset is safe.
-            unsafe { (ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>).set_ptr_value((ptr as *mut u8).offset(-offset)) }
+            unsafe { (ptr as *mut u8).offset(-offset).with_metadata_of(ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>) }
         };
 
         // SAFETY: we now have recovered the original Weak pointer, so can create the Weak.