Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] rust: transmute: add `from_bytes_copy` method to `FromBytes` trait

["Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>]

On Tue Aug 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM JST, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> `FromBytes::from_bytes` comes with a few practical limitations:
>
> - It requires the bytes slice to have the same alignment as the returned
>   type, which might not be guaranteed in the case of a byte stream,
> - It returns a reference, requiring the returned type to implement
>   `Clone` if one wants to keep the value for longer than the lifetime of
>   the slice.
>
> To overcome these when needed, add a `from_bytes_copy` with a default
> implementation in the trait. `from_bytes_copy` returns an owned value
> that is populated using an unaligned read, removing the lifetime
> constraint and making it usable even on non-aligned byte slices.
>
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>

We got 3 Reviewed-by on this patch - Miguel, are you ok if I merge it
together with Christian's `from_bytes` patch, since they are closely
related?