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Re:Nghttp3 1.0.0 – HTTP/3 library written in C by mcronce on Saturday October 21, 2023 @10:10PM (#37972244)
That doesn't mean it's not memory safe - it means that those constructs need to be thoroughly scrutinized for memory safety, which is significantly better than the entire codebase needing to be thoroughly scrutinized for memory safety
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Re:Nghttp3 1.0.0 – HTTP/3 library written in C by zik on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @05:45PM (#38018815)
By that reasoning C is also memory safe.
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Re:Nghttp3 1.0.0 – HTTP/3 library written in C by mcronce on Friday October 27, 2023 @02:56PM (#38042455)
No? Your entire C codebase needs to be thoroughly scruitinized, whereas in Rust, you can build a small portion with unsafe code, thoroughly audit that, and build a sound abstraction on top.
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