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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Get out of our way type system! We're going to reinterpret these bits or die
trying! Even though this book is all about doing things that are unsafe, I trying! Even though this book is all about doing things that are unsafe, I
really can't emphasize that you should deeply think about finding Another Way really can't emphasize that you should deeply think about finding Another Way
than the operations covered in this section. This is really, truly, the most than the operations covered in this section. This is really, truly, the most
horribly unsafe thing you can do in Rust. The railguards here are dental floss. horribly unsafe thing you can do in Rust. The guardrails here are dental floss.
[`mem::transmute<T, U>`][transmute] takes a value of type `T` and reinterprets [`mem::transmute<T, U>`][transmute] takes a value of type `T` and reinterprets
it to have type `U`. The only restriction is that the `T` and `U` are verified it to have type `U`. The only restriction is that the `T` and `U` are verified

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