use std::mem;
use std::ptr;

fn main() {
    let data_len: usize = 0;
    let mut data: [String; 1000];

    unsafe {
        data = mem::uninitialized();

        for elem in &mut data[0..500] {
            ptr::write(elem, String::from("hello"));
        }
    }

    // For each thing, drop
    for i in 0..data_len {
        mem::drop(data[i]);
    }
    // then memforget the slice?
    mem::forget(data);
}