# 1.0.0[−][src]Module core::mem

Basic functions for dealing with memory.

This module contains functions for querying the size and alignment of types, initializing and manipulating memory.

## Structs

Discriminant | Opaque type representing the discriminant of an enum.
ManuallyDrop | A wrapper to inhibit compiler from automatically calling `T`’s destructor.

## Functions

align_of | Returns the ABI-required minimum alignment of a type.
align_of_val | Returns the ABI-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to.
discriminant | Returns a value uniquely identifying the enum variant in `v`.
drop | Disposes of a value.
forget | Takes ownership and "forgets" about the value without running its destructor.
min_align_of | Deprecated Returns the ABI-required minimum alignment of a type.
min_align_of_val | Deprecated Returns the ABI-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to.
needs_drop | Returns `true` if dropping values of type `T` matters.
replace | Moves `src` into the referenced `dest`, returning the previous `dest` value.
size_of | Returns the size of a type in bytes.
size_of_val | Returns the size of the pointed-to value in bytes.
swap | Swaps the values at two mutable locations, without deinitializing either one.
take | Replaces `dest` with the default value of `T`, returning the previous `dest` value.
transmute⚠ | Reinterprets the bits of a value of one type as another type.
transmute_copy⚠ | Interprets `src` as having type `&U`, and then reads `src` without moving the contained value.
uninitialized⚠ | Deprecated Bypasses Rust's normal memory-initialization checks by pretending to produce a value of type `T`, while doing nothing at all.
zeroed⚠ | Returns the value of type `T` represented by the all-zero byte-pattern.
forget_unsized | Experimental Like `forget`, but also accepts unsized values.

## Unions

MaybeUninit | A wrapper type to construct uninitialized instances of `T`.