Use of too many unsafe blocks

[aridgupta]

I am moderately new to rust and since rust is primarily about fast performance while being safe, I was wondering why this library chose to use so many unsafe blocks?

[JP-Ellis]

This library unfortunately has to use a fairly large number of unsafe blocks due to the way references are used. I found when writing this that using pointers in Rust can be difficult without unsafe blocks.

This code was originally written a few years ago, and it is entirely possible that some of the unsafe code can be refactored into safe code. I wrote this as a learning experience for myself, but it ended up being quite usuable hence why I published it.

I might have another look if I have time, but you are welcome to submit pull requests too if you find anything!