Tackling Undefined Behaviour Casts

Undefs, huh? Undefs are fun. They tend to propagate. After a few minutes of wrangling…

#[inline(never)]
pub fn f(ary: &[u8; 5]) -> &[u8] {
    let idx = 1e100f64 as usize;
    &ary[idx..]
}

fn main() {
    println!("{}", f(&[1; 5])[0xdeadbeef]);
}

segfaults on my system (latest nightly) with -O.

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