Some kind of cargo plugin that transforms all references in the project into pointers and casts prior to feeding to rustc would probably be the best practice an

Some kind of cargo plugin that transforms all references in the project into pointers and casts prior to feeding to rustc would probably be the best practice and highly maintainable route I'd go. like "cargo expand" but with a fancy catchier name that encourages new users to rely on it. "cargo autofix" might work