A tour of the compiler guided by bitvec
summary
bitvec implements a pointer-to-bit-slice that packs a byte address and a three‑bit offset into a larger slice pointer so it can be transmute‑returned as a reference, claiming practical compatibility with Rust traits. it supports configurable backing element sizes and bit ordering, reimplements std slice/vector/bool APIs, and avoids aliasing UB by performing memory ops through casts to Atomics (or Cell when single threaded). the crate is built and demonstrably works.
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