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Update vec.rs
Add a warning not to convert char* from c to Vec<u8> (I thought you could until I asked on irc)
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src/libcollections/vec.rs

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@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
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/// * `capacity` needs to be the capacity that the pointer was allocated with.
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/// Violating these may cause problems like corrupting the allocator's
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/// internal datastructures.
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/// internal datastructures. For example it is **not** safe
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/// to build a `Vec<u8>` from a C pointer to a char array and a `size_t`.
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///
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/// The ownership of `ptr` is effectively transferred to the
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/// `Vec<T>` which may then deallocate, reallocate or change the

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