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§ConstPtr

Rusts std::ptr::NonNull is a mutable pointer. Sometimes this has implications that are not desired. ConstPtr wraps NullPtr but removes the mutable and uninit API’s. As consequence it can only be constructed to point to a valid object (although it may become dangling when the object becomes destroyed). This simplifies handling lifetime erased references because a &reference implicitly coerces to a *const pointer and adds some safety net as in one can’t accidentally get a mutable reference to something that should be const.

§no_std compatibility

By default the ‘std’ feature is enabled which pulls in dependencies on rusts stdlib. When one disables this in ‘default’ then ConstPtr becomes no-std compatible.

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ConstPtr
A pointer that references immutable data and is never Null.