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Re:Rust solves the problem of incomplete Kernel Linux API docs by kwhitefoot on Saturday August 31, 2024 @01:43PM (#41410456)
> prevents you from accidentally passing the wrong kind of value into a function,

You can do this in other languages such as Pascal with subtypes and something functionally equivalent in C# and other object oriented languages.

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Re:Rust solves the problem of incomplete Kernel Linux API docs by 0cf8612b2e1e on Saturday August 31, 2024 @01:48PM (#41410492)
I do not think the claim was that this is a unique construct to Rust.
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