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452452///
453453/// This is almost the same as calling [`ptr::read`] and discarding
454454/// the result, but has the following advantages:
455+ // FIXME: say something more useful than "almost the same"?
456+ // There are open questions here: `read` requires the value to be fully valid, e.g. if `T` is a
457+ // `bool` it must be 0 or 1, if it is a reference then it must be dereferenceable. `drop_in_place`
458+ // only requires that `*to_drop` be "valid for dropping" and we have not defined what that means. In
459+ // Miri it currently (May 2024) requires nothing at all for types without drop glue.
455460///
456461/// * It is *required* to use `drop_in_place` to drop unsized types like
457462/// trait objects, because they can't be read out onto the stack and
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