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17 changes: 11 additions & 6 deletions src/behavior-considered-undefined.md
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Expand Up @@ -76,13 +76,18 @@ reading uninitialized memory is permitted are inside `union`s and in "padding"
[dangling]: #dangling-pointers

A reference/pointer is "dangling" if it is null or not all of the bytes it
points to are part of the same allocation (so in particular they all have to be
points to are part of the same live allocation (so in particular they all have to be
part of *some* allocation). The span of bytes it points to is determined by the
pointer value and the size of the pointee type (using `size_of_val`). As a
consequence, if the span is empty, "dangling" is the same as "non-null". Note
that slices and strings point to their entire range, so it is important that the length
metadata is never too large. In particular, allocations and therefore slices and strings
cannot be bigger than `isize::MAX` bytes.
pointer value and the size of the pointee type (using `size_of_val`).

If the size is 0, then the pointer must either point inside of a live allocation
(including pointing just after the last byte of the allocation), or it must be
directly constructed from a non-zero integer literal.

Note that dynamically sized types (such as slices and strings) point to their
entire range, so it is important that the length metadata is never too large. In
particular, the dynamic size of a Rust value (as determined by `size_of_val`)
must never exceed `isize::MAX`.

[`bool`]: types/boolean.md
[`const`]: items/constant-items.md
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