Hi Adithya,

The representations are the same. You can do this. I do this somewhat often. Just avoid mutating in places where it could result in funky stuffs. This is usually pretty easy to spot.

Cheers,

chessai

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 12:59 Adithya Kumar <adi.obilisetty@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,

I have a use-case where I want to convert `ByteArray#` to `MutableByteArray#`
without the copy overhead.

Is the underlying memory structure of `ByteArray#` and `MutableByteArray#` the
same?

If I can guarantee that I won't mutate my `MutableByteArray#`, can I use
`unsafeCoerce#` on `ByteArray#` and treat it as `MutableByteArray#`?

Best,
Adithya
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