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Re:Why writing a linked list in safe Rust is so damned hard by contravariant on Thursday February 22, 2018 @08:13PM (#16443310)
To me it makes perfect sense that the keyword 'unsafe' disables safety mechanisms.
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Re:Why writing a linked list in safe Rust is so damned hard by Narishma on Friday February 23, 2018 @06:30AM (#16445672)
But it doesn't disable anything. In fact, it does the opposite: it enables additional mechanisms which can't be checked by the compiler.
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Re:Why writing a linked list in safe Rust is so damned hard by contravariant on Friday February 23, 2018 @11:36AM (#16447377)
That's a bit like saying that unlocking your front door adds an additional door to your house.
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