rkyv, avoid the copy to byte ?

[XavDesbordes]

Looking at the code, I think there is a copy that shoul dbe avoided in the following code:

There is the serialization, which is fine and gives an AlignedVec that is then re-encoded a Bytes.
The annoyance comes from Bytes::copy_from_slice(encoded.as_ref());

Is there a way to send the AlignedVec directly ?

[gbj]

IIRC you can convert the rkyv type into a boxed slice, and then Bytes from a boxed slice, without copies.

Any interest in making a PR?

[XavDesbordes]

That will be my first PR but yes definitely!

[XavDesbordes]

Just dug into AlignedVec implementation, converting the AlignedVec into a Boxed slice via into_boxed_slice reallocates, "This method reallocates and copies the underlying bytes. Any excess capacity is dropped.".

I will try something else.

[XavDesbordes]

Apparently, it works directly with the AlignedVec. Don't know why it failed, before.

Please forget that (non) issue