improve Vec example soundness in mem::transmute docs
diff --git a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
index d145f22..ecff40a 100644
--- a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
@@ -845,21 +845,26 @@
///
/// ```
/// let store = [0, 1, 2, 3];
- /// let mut v_orig = store.iter().collect::<Vec<&i32>>();
+ /// let v_orig = store.iter().collect::<Vec<&i32>>();
+ ///
+ /// // clone the vector as we will reuse them later
+ /// let v_clone = v_orig.clone();
///
/// // Using transmute: this is Undefined Behavior, and a bad idea.
/// // However, it is no-copy.
/// let v_transmuted = unsafe {
- /// std::mem::transmute::<Vec<&i32>, Vec<Option<&i32>>>(
- /// v_orig.clone())
+ /// std::mem::transmute::<Vec<&i32>, Vec<Option<&i32>>>(v_clone)
/// };
///
+ /// let v_clone = v_orig.clone();
+ ///
/// // This is the suggested, safe way.
/// // It does copy the entire vector, though, into a new array.
- /// let v_collected = v_orig.clone()
- /// .into_iter()
- /// .map(|r| Some(r))
- /// .collect::<Vec<Option<&i32>>>();
+ /// let v_collected = v_clone.into_iter()
+ /// .map(Some)
+ /// .collect::<Vec<Option<&i32>>>();
+ ///
+ /// let v_clone = v_orig.clone();
///
/// // The no-copy, unsafe way, still using transmute, but not UB.
/// // This is equivalent to the original, but safer, and reuses the
@@ -869,11 +874,12 @@
/// // the original inner type (`&i32`) to the converted inner type
/// // (`Option<&i32>`), so read the nomicon pages linked above.
/// let v_from_raw = unsafe {
- /// Vec::from_raw_parts(v_orig.as_mut_ptr() as *mut Option<&i32>,
- /// v_orig.len(),
- /// v_orig.capacity())
+ /// // Ensure the original vector is not dropped.
+ /// let mut v_clone = std::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(v_clone);
+ /// Vec::from_raw_parts(v_clone.as_mut_ptr() as *mut Option<&i32>,
+ /// v_clone.len(),
+ /// v_clone.capacity())
/// };
- /// std::mem::forget(v_orig);
/// ```
///
/// Implementing `split_at_mut`: