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// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
// except according to those terms.
use std::mem;
fn leak<T>(mut b: Box<T>) -> &'static mut T {
// isn't this supposed to be safe?
let inner = &mut *b as *mut _;
mem::forget(b);
unsafe { &mut *inner }
}
fn evil(mut s: &'static mut String)
{
// create alias
let alias: &'static mut String = s;
let inner: &str = &alias;
// free value
*s = String::new(); //~ ERROR cannot assign
let _spray = "0wned".to_owned();
// ... and then use it
println!("{}", inner);
}
fn main() {
evil(leak(Box::new("hello".to_owned())));
}