gistfile1.rs

#[inline]
fn struct_to_bytes<T>(t: &T) -> &[u8] { unsafe {
    mem::transmute(raw::Slice::<u8> {
        data: t as *const T as *const u8,
        len:  mem::size_of::<T>(),
    })
}}

#[inline]
fn bytes_to_struct<'a, T>(t: &'a [u8]) -> Option<&'a T> {
    if t.len() < mem::size_of::<T>() { None }
    else { unsafe {
        let raw : raw::Slice<u8> = mem::transmute(t);
        Some(&*(raw.data as *const T))
    } }
}