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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by tormeh on Sunday September 18, 2016 @01:26PM (#12526151)
Does Rust fix this, or is this mess still necessary?
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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by Coding_Cat on Sunday September 18, 2016 @02:09PM (#12526347)
I don't now if it fixes it per se, but it does make it harder to mess up. For example, it does not automatically convert between sizes (usize) and unsigned integers (u64).
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