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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libcore/ptr.rs | 4 |
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diff --git a/src/libcore/ptr.rs b/src/libcore/ptr.rs index 02851c224e2..260fdab9d58 100644 --- a/src/libcore/ptr.rs +++ b/src/libcore/ptr.rs @@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ pub unsafe fn read_unaligned<T>(src: *const T) -> T { /// allocations or resources, so care must be taken not to overwrite an object /// that should be dropped. /// +/// It does not immediately drop the contents of `src` either; it is rather +/// *moved* into the memory location `dst` and will be dropped whenever that +/// location goes out of scope. +/// /// This is appropriate for initializing uninitialized memory, or overwriting /// memory that has previously been `read` from. /// |