Remove _pointer(to:as:)

Author: nvzqz

Sources/RandomKit/Internal/StackArray.swift

@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ internal func _zero8<T: ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral>() -> _Array8<T> {
 
 /// Returns a mutable pointer to the contents of `array`.
 internal func _contents<T>(of array: inout _Array312<T>) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<T> {
-    return _pointer(to: &array, as: T.self)
+    return UnsafeMutablePointer(&array.0)
 }
 
 /// Returns a mutable pointer to the contents of `array`.
 internal func _contents<T>(of array: inout _Array16<T>) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<T> {
-    return _pointer(to: &array, as: T.self)
+    return UnsafeMutablePointer(&array.0)
 }

Sources/RandomKit/Internal/Typecasting.swift

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ internal func _unsafeBitCast<T, U>(_ value: T) -> U {
 // Allows casting between types of potentially different sizes.
 
 internal func _unsafeCast<T, U>(_ value: inout T, to type: U.Type = U.self) -> U {
-    return _pointer(to: &value, as: type).pointee
+    return UnsafeMutableRawPointer(&value).assumingMemoryBound(to: type).pointee
 }
 
 internal func _unsafeCast<T, U>(_ value: T, to type: U.Type = U.self) -> U {
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ internal func _unsafeValue<T>(of type: T.Type = T.self) -> T {
     return _unsafeCast(Optional<T>.none)
 }
 
-internal func _pointer<T, U>(to value: inout T, as type: U.Type = U.self) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<U> {
-    return UnsafeMutableRawPointer(&value).assumingMemoryBound(to: type)
-}
+//internal func _pointer<T, U>(to value: inout T, as type: U.Type = U.self) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<U> {
+//    return UnsafeMutableRawPointer(&value).assumingMemoryBound(to: type)
+//}

Sources/RandomKit/Types/RandomGenerator/ChaCha.swift

@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ public struct ChaCha: RandomBytesGenerator, Seedable, SeedableFromSequence, Seed
     private var _index: Int
 
     private var _bufferPointer: UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt32> {
-        mutating get { return _pointer(to: &_buffer) }
+        mutating get { return UnsafeMutablePointer(&_buffer.0) }
     }
 
     private var _statePointer: UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt32> {
-        mutating get { return _pointer(to: &_state) }
+        mutating get { return UnsafeMutablePointer(&_state.0) }
     }
 
     private init(_buffer: _State, _state: _State, _index: Int) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public struct ChaCha: RandomBytesGenerator, Seedable, SeedableFromSequence, Seed
     /// Creates an instance seeded with `randomGenerator`.
     public init<R: RandomGenerator>(seededWith randomGenerator: inout R) {
         var seed: _Array8<UInt32> = randomGenerator.randomUnsafeValue()
-        self.init(seed: UnsafeBufferPointer(start: _pointer(to: &seed), count: ChaCha._keyCount))
+        self.init(seed: UnsafeBufferPointer(start: &seed.0, count: ChaCha._keyCount))
     }
 
     private mutating func _reset() {