# Single-Bit Unaligned Write This writes a bit into `dst` directly. It uses compiler intrinsics to tolerate an unaligned `T` address. However, because `BitPtr` has a type invariant that addresses are always well-aligned (and non-null), this has no benefit or purpose. ## Original [`ptr::write_unaligned](core::ptr::write_unaligned) ## Safety - `dst` must be valid to write - `dst` must be properly aligned. This is an invariant of the `BitPtr` type as well as of the memory access. Additionally, `dst` must point to an initialized value of `T`. Integers cannot be initialized one bit at a time. ## Behavior This is required to perform a read/modify/write cycle on the memory location. LLVM *may or may not* emit a bit-write instruction on targets that have them in the ISA, but this is not specified in any way. ## Examples ```rust use bitvec::prelude::*; use bitvec::ptr as bv_ptr; let mut data = 0u8; let ptr = BitPtr::<_, _, Lsb0>::from_mut(&mut data); unsafe { bv_ptr::write_unaligned(ptr.add(2), true); } assert_eq!(data, 4); ```