compile.txt

$ rustc --crate-type lib lib.rs
lib.rs:8:8: 4:52 error: illegal cast: `&'static [u8; 5]` as `*mut u8`
(internal compiler error: unprintable span)
lib.rs:2:1: 6:3 note: in expansion of jerry!
lib.rs:8:1: 8:19 note: expansion site
error: aborting due to previous error

lib.rs

macro_rules! jerry(
    ($name:expr) => {
        pub static NAME: *mut u8 = $name as *mut u8;
    }
);

jerry!(b"Kiwi\0");

version.txt

$ rustc -Vv
rustc 1.3.0-nightly (faa04a8b9 2015-06-30)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: faa04a8b9c326bb71b1d21e962dd96912ce234c6
commit-date: 2015-06-30
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.3.0-nightly