Fix doc for read&write unaligned in zst operation#134953
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Fix doc for read&write unaligned in zst operation#134953bors merged 1 commit intorust-lang:masterfrom
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PR Description
This PR addresses an inconsistency in the Rust documentation regarding
read_unalignedandwrite_unalignedon zero-sized types (ZSTs). The current documentation for pointer validity states that for zero-sized types (ZSTs), null pointers are valid:However, there is an inconsistency in the documentation for the unaligned read operation in the function ptr::read_unaligned(as well as
write_unaligned), which states:This change is also supported by PR #134912