Function triple_accel::alloc_str

pub fn alloc_str(len: usize) -> Vec<u8>

This creates a vector with the alignment and padding for u128 values, and then convert it to a vector of u8 values that is returned.

This is possible because u8 has looser alignment requirements than u128. This vector can be easily converted back to u128 or u64 later, for Hamming distance routines. The returned vector can be edited by copying u8 values into it. However, do not do any operation (like push) that may cause the the vector to be reallocated.

Arguments

• len - the length of the resulting array of u8 values

Example

let s = alloc_str(10);

assert!(s.len() == 10);