Module ule

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Traits over unaligned little-endian data (ULE, pronounced “yule”).

The main traits for this module are ULE, AsULE and, VarULE.

See the design doc for details on how these traits works under the hood.

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CharULE: A u8 array of little-endian data corresponding to a Unicode scalar value.
MultiFieldsULE: This type is used by the custom derive to represent multiple VarULE fields packed into a single end-of-struct field. It is not recommended to use this type directly.
NichedOption: Optional type which uses NichedOptionULE<U,N> as ULE type. The implementors guarantee that N == core::mem::sizeo_of::<Self>() [repr(transparent)] guarantees that the layout is same as Option<U>
OptionULE: This type is the ULE type for Option<U> where U is a ULE type
OptionVarULE: A type allowing one to represent Option<U> for VarULE U types.
RawBytesULE: A u8 array of little-endian data with infallible conversions to and from &u8.
UnvalidatedChar: A u8 array of little-endian data that is expected to be a Unicode scalar value, but is not validated as such.
UnvalidatedStr: A byte slice that is expected to be a UTF-8 string but does not enforce that invariant.

AsULE: A trait for any type that has a 1:1 mapping with an unaligned little-endian (ULE) type.
EncodeAsVarULE: Allows types to be encoded as VarULEs. This is highly useful for implementing VarULE on custom DSTs where the type cannot be obtained as a reference to some other type.
EqULE: An EqULE type is one whose byte sequence equals the byte sequence of its ULE type on little-endian platforms. This enables certain performance optimizations, such as ZeroVec::try_from_slice.
NicheBytes: The ULE types implementing this trait guarantee that NicheBytes::NICHE_BIT_PATTERN can never occur as a valid byte representation of the type.
SliceAsULE: A trait for a type where aligned slices can be cast to unaligned slices.
ULE: Fixed-width, byte-aligned data that can be cast to and from a little-endian byte slice.
VarULE: Variable-width, byte-aligned data that can be cast to and from a little-endian byte slice.

encode_varule_to_box: Given an EncodeAsVarULE type S, encode it into a Box<T>

NichedOptionULE: ULE type for NichedOption<U,N> where U implements NicheBytes. The invalid bit pattern is used as the niche.