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[-] arendjr@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes, that makes sense. Curious what it points to then when empty…

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 4 points 2 weeks ago

I looked it up, it's a pointer equal to the alignment of the type. So usually some small power of two.

[-] fil@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Vec::<u8>::new().as_ptr() = 0x0000000000000001

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