fn main() { // Not using the () type here, as writes of that type do not even have MIR generated. // Also not assigning directly as that's array initialization, not assignment. let zst_val = [1u8; 0]; // make sure ZST accesses are checked against being "truly" dangling pointers // (that are out-of-bounds). let mut x_box = Box::new(1u8); let x = (&mut *x_box as *mut u8).wrapping_offset(1); // This one is just "at the edge", but still okay unsafe { *(x as *mut [u8; 0]) = zst_val; } // One byte further is OOB. let x = x.wrapping_offset(1); unsafe { *(x as *mut [u8; 0]) = zst_val; } //~ ERROR pointer must be in-bounds }