[construct|deconstruct] Vec/String [from|to] length + [MaybeUninit<T>; N]

[Felix-El]

These operations, let's call them from_parts / into_parts, I believe would be quite useful to allow the payload to change owners/container types without moving the data.

I don't think into_array<M>() can achieve the same because one has to statically know the exact runtime size. I thought about permitting M to be up to the capacity N but into_array would then have to pad the unused remaining space, which may be quite inefficient.

What are the chances of such MR to be accepted?

[Dirbaio]

I believe would be quite useful to allow the payload to change owners/container types without moving the data.

functions taking or returning the full [MaybeUninit<T>; N] will still move the data, I'm not sure if adding these functions will allow any performance improvements.

[reitermarkus]

Closing, since this would still move the data.

Feel free to re-open with a concrete use case example.