// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. use std::mem; pub struct X([u8]); fn _f(x: &X) -> usize { match *x { X(ref x) => { x.len() } } } fn main() { let b: &[u8] = &[11; 42]; let v: &X = unsafe { mem::transmute(b) }; assert_eq!(_f(v), 42); }