I wouldn't say always: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/index.html#strict-provenance https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/index.html#strict-provenan... I don't k

I wouldn't say always: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/index.html#strict-provenance https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/index.html#strict-provenan... I don't know what the plan is but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a breaking change (maybe in an edition) to remove exposed provenance from Rust entirely.