Functions which cast reference to pointer are not unsafe.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Correct FFI definitions `Py_SetProgramName` and `Py_SetPythonHome` to take `*const` argument instead of `*mut`. [#1021](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1021)
 - Rename `PyString::to_string` to `to_str`, change return type `Cow<str>` to `&str`. [#1023](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1023)
 - Correct FFI definition `_PyLong_AsByteArray` `*mut c_uchar` argument instead of `*const c_uchar`. [#1029](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1029)
+- `PyType::as_type_ptr` is no longer `unsafe`. [#1047](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1047)
 
 ### Removed
 - Remove `PyString::as_bytes`. [#1023](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1023)

src/pycell.rs

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl<T: PyClass> PySizedLayout<T> for PyCellInner<T> {}
 unsafe impl<T: PyClass> PyBorrowFlagLayout<T> for PyCellInner<T> {}
 
 impl<T: PyClass> PyCellInner<T> {
-    unsafe fn get_ptr(&self) -> *mut T {
+    fn get_ptr(&self) -> *mut T {
         self.value.get()
     }
     fn get_borrow_flag(&self) -> BorrowFlag {

src/types/any.rs

@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ mod test {
         let gil = Python::acquire_gil();
         let py = gil.python();
         let obj = py.eval("42", None, None).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(unsafe { obj.get_type().as_type_ptr() }, obj.get_type_ptr())
+        assert_eq!(obj.get_type().as_type_ptr(), obj.get_type_ptr())
     }
 
     #[test]

src/types/typeobject.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl PyType {
 
     /// Retrieves the underlying FFI pointer associated with this Python object.
     #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn as_type_ptr(&self) -> *mut ffi::PyTypeObject {
+    pub fn as_type_ptr(&self) -> *mut ffi::PyTypeObject {
         self.as_ptr() as *mut ffi::PyTypeObject
     }