Rollup merge of #145325 - clarfonthey:cast-init, r=scottmcm

Add `cast_init` and `cast_uninit` methods for pointers

ACP: rust-lang/libs-team#627
Tracking issue: rust-lang/rust#145036

This includes an incredibly low-effort search to find uses that could be switched to using these methods. I only searched for `cast::<\w>` and `cast::<MaybeUninit` because there would otherwise be way too much to look through, and I also didn't modify anything inside submodules/subtrees.

3 files changed, 69 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
index 8b3703bd4b3..6546dde39ac 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
@@ -1430,6 +1430,28 @@ impl<T: PointeeSized> *const T {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> *const T {
+    /// Casts from a type to its maybe-uninitialized version.
+    #[must_use]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[unstable(feature = "cast_maybe_uninit", issue = "145036")]
+    pub const fn cast_uninit(self) -> *const MaybeUninit<T> {
+        self as _
+    }
+}
+impl<T> *const MaybeUninit<T> {
+    /// Casts from a maybe-uninitialized type to its initialized version.
+    ///
+    /// This is always safe, since UB can only occur if the pointer is read
+    /// before being initialized.
+    #[must_use]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[unstable(feature = "cast_maybe_uninit", issue = "145036")]
+    pub const fn cast_init(self) -> *const T {
+        self as _
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> *const [T] {
     /// Returns the length of a raw slice.
     ///
diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
index af39ec86d7a..4add964141a 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
@@ -1687,6 +1687,31 @@ impl<T: PointeeSized> *mut T {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> *mut T {
+    /// Casts from a type to its maybe-uninitialized version.
+    ///
+    /// This is always safe, since UB can only occur if the pointer is read
+    /// before being initialized.
+    #[must_use]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[unstable(feature = "cast_maybe_uninit", issue = "145036")]
+    pub const fn cast_uninit(self) -> *mut MaybeUninit<T> {
+        self as _
+    }
+}
+impl<T> *mut MaybeUninit<T> {
+    /// Casts from a maybe-uninitialized type to its initialized version.
+    ///
+    /// This is always safe, since UB can only occur if the pointer is read
+    /// before being initialized.
+    #[must_use]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[unstable(feature = "cast_maybe_uninit", issue = "145036")]
+    pub const fn cast_init(self) -> *mut T {
+        self as _
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> *mut [T] {
     /// Returns the length of a raw slice.
     ///
diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/non_null.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/non_null.rs
index e72aa1da2cb..da382b8715e 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/non_null.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/non_null.rs
@@ -1357,6 +1357,28 @@ impl<T: PointeeSized> NonNull<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> NonNull<T> {
+    /// Casts from a type to its maybe-uninitialized version.
+    #[must_use]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[unstable(feature = "cast_maybe_uninit", issue = "145036")]
+    pub const fn cast_uninit(self) -> NonNull<MaybeUninit<T>> {
+        self.cast()
+    }
+}
+impl<T> NonNull<MaybeUninit<T>> {
+    /// Casts from a maybe-uninitialized type to its initialized version.
+    ///
+    /// This is always safe, since UB can only occur if the pointer is read
+    /// before being initialized.
+    #[must_use]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[unstable(feature = "cast_maybe_uninit", issue = "145036")]
+    pub const fn cast_init(self) -> NonNull<T> {
+        self.cast()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> NonNull<[T]> {
     /// Creates a non-null raw slice from a thin pointer and a length.
     ///