Document that NotNan is repr(transparent).
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Currently, rustdoc only displays `repr(transparent)` if the type’s fields are public, so there is no indication in the documentation that `NotNan` has `repr(transparent)`. Even if it was visible, there is not currently a strong consensus that such a repr may be assumed to be a stable part of the public API. Therefore, add paragraphs to `NotNan` and `OrderedFloat`’s documentation guaranteeing the repr. I also mentioned `bytemuck` so as to not be encouraging unsafe code, though the phrasing isn’t great.
This gives a more strongly-typed way for users to take advantage of `OrderedFloat`’s representation.
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Currently, rustdoc only displays
repr(transparent)if the type’s fields are public, so there is no indication in the documentation thatNotNanhasrepr(transparent). Even if it was visible, there is not currently a strong consensus that such a repr may be assumed to be a stable part of the public API.Therefore, I propose to add paragraphs to
NotNanandOrderedFloat’s documentation guaranteeing the repr. I also mentionedbytemuckso as to not be encouraging unsafe code, though the phrasing isn’t great.I’ve also added
impl bytemuck::TransparentWrapper for OrderedFloat, which simply gives another way for users to perform conversions, more strongly typed thanbytemuck’s casts to/from bytes.