# Function dangling_mut

1.84.0 (const: 1.84.0) · Source

    pub const fn dangling_mut<T>() -> *mut T

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Creates a new pointer that is dangling, but non-null and well-aligned.

This is useful for initializing types which lazily allocate, like `Vec::new` does.

Note that the address of the returned pointer may potentially be that of a valid pointer, which means this must not be used as a “not yet initialized” sentinel value. Types that lazily allocate must track initialization by some other means.