# Objective
Since BufferVec was first introduced, `bytemuck` has added additional
traits with fewer restrictions than `Pod`. Within BufferVec, we only
rely on the constraints of `bytemuck::cast_slice` to a `u8` slice, which
now only requires `T: NoUninit` which is a strict superset of `Pod`
types.
## Solution
Change out the `Pod` generic type constraint with `NoUninit`. Also
taking the opportunity to substitute `cast_slice` with
`must_cast_slice`, which avoids a runtime panic in place of a compile
time failure if `T` cannot be used.
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## Changelog
Changed: `BufferVec` now supports working with types containing
`NoUninit` but not `Pod` members.
Changed: `BufferVec` will now fail to compile if used with a type that
cannot be safely read from. Most notably, this includes ZSTs, which
would previously always panic at runtime.
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