Rust's unsafe pointer types need an overhaul

Re:Rust's unsafe pointer types need an overhaul by zozbot234 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @10:46AM (#30743031)

There are C embedded extensions for separate address spaces. So the idea is not totally new. But AIUI, the C extensions still require some way of converting a pointer in a specified address space to the usual "generic" pointer type where the address space could only be part of the vale.

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Re:Rust's unsafe pointer types need an overhaul by pjmlp on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:43PM (#30745367)

Just like on the 16 bit days there were near and far pointer extensions on MS-DOS and Windows 16 bit.

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Re:Rust's unsafe pointer types need an overhaul by mrlonglong on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:29PM (#30784364)

And th choice of lovely memory models including tiny, small, medium, large and huge depending on the code and data sizes. Good times.

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