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As noted in the `ffi` module docs, passing pointer/length byte strings from Rust to C++ is easier if we declare them as `*const c_uchar` on the Rust side, but `const char *` (possibly signed) on the C++ side. This is allowed because both pointer types are ABI-compatible, regardless of char signedness.
The codegen crate contains the code to convert from MIR into LLVM IR,
and then from LLVM IR into machine code. In general it contains code
that runs towards the end of the compilation process.
For more information about how codegen works, see the rustc dev guide.