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That's exactly right.
> Can it be further extended to guarantee safety guarantees in the future, or it's just a hack? I'm not sure about it.
It could be extended to catch more cases, but it can't realistically be extended to create a useful C++ dialect that is really memory safe. See https://robert.ocallahan.org/2018/09/more-realistic-goals-fo....
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That's exactly right.
> Can it be further extended to guarantee safety guarantees in the future, or it's just a hack? I'm not sure about it.
It could be extended to catch more cases, but it can't realistically be extended to create a useful C++ dialect that is really memory safe. See https://robert.ocallahan.org/2018/09/more-realistic-goals-fo....