Copies count * size_of<T>() bytes from src to dst. The source and destination must not overlap.

For regions of memory which might overlap, use copy instead.

copy_nonoverlapping is semantically equivalent to memcpy, but with the argument order swapped.

The copy is “untyped” in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate the requirements of T. The initialization state is preserved exactly.

Panics

This function will panic if the number of bytes, count * size_of<T>(), overflows.

Safety

Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:

• src must be valid for reads of count * size_of<T>() bytes.
• dst must be valid for writes of count * size_of<T>() bytes.
• The region of memory beginning at src with a size of count * size_of<T>() bytes must not overlap with the region of memory beginning at dst with the same size.
• dst must not have an overlapping object in its tail padding. If dst is in an array, or was heap allocated, then this will always be satisfied.

Like copy, copy_nonoverlapping creates a bitwise copy of T, regardless of whether T is TrivialCopy or TriviallyRelocatable. If T is not TrivialCopy, using the value in *dst can violate memory safety. If T is not TriviallyRelocatable, using both the values in *src and in *dst can violate memory safety.

Note that even if the effectively copied size (count * size_of<T>()) is 0, the pointers must be non-null and properly aligned.