# `bytecheck`
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bytecheck is a memory validation framework for Rust.
## Documentation
- [bytecheck](https://docs.rs/bytecheck), a memory validation framework for Rust
- [bytecheck_derive](https://docs.rs/bytecheck_derive), the derive macro for
bytecheck
## Example
```rust
use bytecheck::{CheckBytes, check_bytes, rancor::Failure};
#[derive(CheckBytes, Debug)]
#[repr(C)]
struct Test {
a: u32,
b: char,
c: bool,
}
#[repr(C, align(4))]
struct Aligned<const N: usize>([u8; N]);
macro_rules! bytes {
($($byte:literal,)*) => {
(&Aligned([$($byte,)*]).0 as &[u8]).as_ptr()
};
($($byte:literal),*) => {
bytes!($($byte,)*)
};
}
// In this example, the architecture is assumed to be little-endian
#[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
unsafe {
// These are valid bytes for a `Test`
check_bytes::<Test, Failure>(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8,
].cast()
).unwrap();
// Changing the bytes for the u32 is OK, any bytes are a valid u32
check_bytes::<Test, Failure>(
bytes![
42u8, 16u8, 20u8, 3u8,
0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8,
].cast()
).unwrap();
// Characters outside the valid ranges are invalid
check_bytes::<Test, Failure>(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
0x00u8, 0xd8u8, 0u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8,
].cast()
).unwrap_err();
check_bytes::<Test, Failure>(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
0x00u8, 0x00u8, 0x11u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8,
].cast()
).unwrap_err();
// 0 is a valid boolean value (false) but 2 is not
check_bytes::<Test, Failure>(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
0u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8,
].cast()
).unwrap();
check_bytes::<Test, Failure>(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
2u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8,
].cast()
).unwrap_err();
}
```