Re:Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (2000) [pdf]
by vitno on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:41AM
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unique_ptr counts as a affine type, the linearity is enforced at compile time. (even if access safety is not)
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Re:Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (2000) [pdf]
by steveklabnik on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @12:00PM
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Yeah, thinking about it I would agree with you. I was thinking that it being copyable so easily would be disqualifying, but I wouldn’t say the same about Clone in Rust and it’s not really about explicitness, anyway. Thanks.