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use core::{mem, ptr, marker};

use crate::read::Out;

const unsafe fn transmute_slice<IN, OUT>(val: &IN) -> &[OUT] {
    &*ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(val as *const IN as *const OUT, mem::size_of::<IN>())
}

unsafe fn transmute_slice_mut<IN, OUT>(val: &mut IN) -> &mut [OUT] {
    &mut *ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(val as *mut IN as *mut OUT, mem::size_of::<IN>())
}

const unsafe fn transmute_ref<IN, OUT: Copy>(val: &IN) -> OUT {
    *(mem::transmute::<_, &mem::MaybeUninit<OUT>>(val).assume_init_ref())
}

///Marker indicating that it is plain old data.
pub unsafe trait Pod: Copy {
}

macro_rules! impl_pod {
    ($($ty:ident),*) => {$(
        unsafe impl Pod for $ty {
        }
    )*};
}

impl_pod!(u8, i8, u16, i16, u32, i32, u64, i64, u128, i128, usize, isize);
unsafe impl<T: Pod> Pod for mem::ManuallyDrop<T> {
}

struct Validator<IN, OUT> {
    _result: marker::PhantomData<(IN, OUT)>,
}

impl<IN, OUT: Copy> Validator<IN, OUT> {
    const IS_NOT_ZST: () = {
        assert!(mem::size_of::<IN>() > 0);
        assert!(mem::size_of::<OUT>() > 0);
    };

    const IS_SAME_SIZE: () = {
        assert!(mem::size_of::<IN>() == mem::size_of::<OUT>());
    };

    const IS_ENOUGH_BYTES: () = {
        assert!(mem::size_of::<IN>() >= mem::size_of::<OUT>());
    };
}

#[inline]
///Gets uninit byte slice out of the type.
///
///Because type of any size can be safely represented as slice of uninitialized bytes, this method is safe to use.
///It is up to user to interpret result correctly and safe.
///
///## Usage
///
///```
///use lazy_bytes_cast::uninit_byte_slice_from;
///use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
///
///static BYTES: &[MaybeUninit<u8>] = uninit_byte_slice_from(&0u32);
///```
///
///## Restrictions
///
///Compilation fails for ZST.
///
///```compile_fail
///use lazy_bytes_cast::uninit_byte_slice_from;
///use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
///
///static BYTES: &[MaybeUninit<u8>] = uninit_byte_slice_from(&());
///```
pub const fn uninit_byte_slice_from<T>(val: &T) -> &[mem::MaybeUninit<u8>] {
    let _ = Validator::<T, &[u8]>::IS_NOT_ZST;
    unsafe {
        transmute_slice(val)
    }
}

#[inline]
///Gets mutable uninit byte slice out of the type.
///
///It is up to user to interpret result correctly and safe.
///
///## Usage
///
///```
///use lazy_bytes_cast::uninit_byte_slice_mut_from;
///
///let bytes = unsafe {
///    uninit_byte_slice_mut_from(&mut 0u32)
///};
///```
pub unsafe fn uninit_byte_slice_mut_from<T>(val: &mut T) -> &mut [mem::MaybeUninit<u8>] {
    let _ = Validator::<T, &[u8]>::IS_NOT_ZST;
    unsafe {
        transmute_slice_mut(val)
    }
}

#[inline]
///Gets byte slice out of the type.
///
///Available only for types that marked as `Pod`.
///
///## Usage
///
///```
///use lazy_bytes_cast::byte_slice_from;
///
///static BYTES: &[u8] = byte_slice_from(&0u32);
///```
///
///## Restrictions
///
///Compilation fails for invalid type.
///
///```compile_fail
///use lazy_bytes_cast::byte_slice_from;
///
///static BYTES: &[u8] = byte_slice_from(&());
///```
pub const fn byte_slice_from<T: Pod>(val: &T) -> &[u8] {
    let _ = Validator::<T, &[u8]>::IS_NOT_ZST;
    unsafe {
        transmute_slice(val)
    }
}

#[inline]
///Gets mutable byte slice out of the type.
///
///Available only for types that marked as `Pod`.
///
///## Usage
///
///```
///use lazy_bytes_cast::byte_slice_mut_from;
///
///let bytes = byte_slice_mut_from(&mut 0u32);
///```
///
///## Restrictions
///
///Compilation fails for invalid type.
///
///```compile_fail
///use lazy_bytes_cast::byte_slice_mut_from;
///
///let bytes = byte_slice_mut_from(&mut ());
///```
pub fn byte_slice_mut_from<T: Pod>(val: &mut T) -> &mut [u8] {
    let _ = Validator::<T, &[u8]>::IS_NOT_ZST;
    unsafe {
        transmute_slice_mut(val)
    }
}

#[inline]
///Reads `N` bytes from `Pod` object by performing `memcpy`
///
///## Usage
///
///```
///use lazy_bytes_cast::to_bytes;
///
///const INPUT: [u8; 4] = [123, 25, 99, 250];
///static BYTES: [u8; 4] = to_bytes(&u32::from_ne_bytes(INPUT));
///assert_eq!(BYTES, INPUT);
///
///static HALF: [u8; 2] = to_bytes(&u32::from_ne_bytes(INPUT));
///assert_eq!(HALF, &INPUT[..2]);
///```
///
///## Restrictions
///
///Compilation fails if `val` doesn't have enough bytes to read from.
///
///```compile_fail
///use lazy_bytes_cast::to_bytes;
///
///static BYTES: [u8; 5] = to_bytes(&0u32);
///```
pub const fn to_bytes<T: Pod, const N: usize>(val: &T) -> [u8; N] {
    let _ = Validator::<T, [u8; N]>::IS_ENOUGH_BYTES;
    unsafe {
        transmute_ref(val)
    }
}

#[inline]
///Reads `N` bytes from `Pod` object by performing `memcpy`
///
///## Usage
///
///```
///use lazy_bytes_cast::from_bytes;
///
///const INPUT: u32 = 500_900_100;
///const RES: u32 = from_bytes(&INPUT.to_ne_bytes());
///assert_eq!(RES, INPUT);
///```
///
///## Restrictions
///
///Compilation fails if `val` is not the same size as output.
///
///```compile_fail,ignore
///use lazy_bytes_cast::from_bytes;
///
///let res: u32 = from_bytes(&[1, 2, 3]);
///```
pub const fn from_bytes<T: Pod, const N: usize>(val: &[u8; N]) -> T {
    let _ = Validator::<[u8; N], T>::IS_SAME_SIZE;
    unsafe {
        (*(val.as_ptr() as *const Out<T>)).0
    }
}