tendril 0.4.1

Compact buffer/string type for zero-copy parsing
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// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
// except according to those terms.

use std::{slice, ptr};
use std::mem;

#[inline(always)]
pub unsafe fn unsafe_slice<'a>(buf: &'a [u8], start: usize, new_len: usize) -> &'a [u8] {
    debug_assert!(start <= buf.len());
    debug_assert!(new_len <= (buf.len() - start));
    slice::from_raw_parts(buf.as_ptr().offset(start as isize), new_len)
}

#[inline(always)]
pub unsafe fn unsafe_slice_mut<'a>(buf: &'a mut [u8], start: usize, new_len: usize) -> &'a mut [u8] {
    debug_assert!(start <= buf.len());
    debug_assert!(new_len <= (buf.len() - start));
    slice::from_raw_parts_mut(buf.as_mut_ptr().offset(start as isize), new_len)
}

#[inline(always)]
pub unsafe fn copy_and_advance(dest: &mut *mut u8, src: &[u8]) {
    ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(src.as_ptr(), *dest, src.len());
    *dest = dest.offset(src.len() as isize)
}

#[inline(always)]
pub unsafe fn copy_lifetime_mut<'a, S: ?Sized, T: ?Sized + 'a>
                           (_ptr: &'a mut S, ptr: &mut T) -> &'a mut T {
    mem::transmute(ptr)
}


#[inline(always)]
pub unsafe fn copy_lifetime<'a, S: ?Sized, T: ?Sized + 'a>
                           (_ptr: &'a S, ptr: &T) -> &'a T {
    mem::transmute(ptr)
}

#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
pub struct NonZeroUsize(&'static u8);

impl NonZeroUsize {
    #[inline]
    pub unsafe fn new(value: usize) -> Self {
        debug_assert!(value != 0);
        NonZeroUsize(&*(value as *const u8))
    }

    #[inline]
    pub fn get(self) -> usize {
        self.0 as *const u8 as usize
    }
}