diff --git a/src/lib/unsafe.rs b/src/lib/unsafe.rs
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+// Unsafe operations.
+
+native "rust-intrinsic" mod rusti {
+    fn cast[T,U](&T src) -> U;
+}
+
+// Casts the value at `src` to U. The two types must have the same length.
+fn reinterpret_cast[T,U](&T src) -> U { ret rusti::cast(src); }
+