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Re:Getting Past C by Manishearth on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:25PM (#13314258)
It's more of a "Hey, trust me here when I say that the enclosed code is actually safe" hint to the compiler.

It's used sparingly. Not as sparingly as I'd like, but sparingly enough.

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Re:Getting Past C by afarrell on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:10PM (#13314523)
Sure, but code is not just instructions to a compiler, but is also a user interface.
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Re:Getting Past C by Manishearth on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:11PM (#13314531)
Oh, yes, as a UI it is "be extremely wary of this code" Often folks write long comments around unsafe code explaining why it is safe. Not always, sadly.
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