unsoundness alert!

[lylythechosenone]

The following line:

let extended_buf: &'a [u8] = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(*buf) };

found here is written under the unproven assumption that buf will live long enough. It returns a value which borrows buf for 'a. However, buf is not guaranteed to outlive 'a.

This should be fixed as soon as possible, and the current version (as well as any other affected versions) should be yanked.