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Re:Learn Rust with entirely too many linked lists (2019) by saagarjha on Saturday February 22, 2020 @08:13PM (#22394461)
Because you use typed instructions to access them. For example, on ARM with pointer authentication you’ll sign pointers and unsign them right before using them. If you forge a pointer it’ll cause a crash when it’s used because its signature will be incorrect.
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Re:Learn Rust with entirely too many linked lists (2019) by int_19h on Saturday February 22, 2020 @09:11PM (#22394643)
But that would still happen at the point of dereference, no? Or does it allow to tag even operations like moves and adds?
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