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Re:Rust in QEMU Roadmap by bonzini on Thursday December 05, 2024 @04:53PM (#42333231)
Smart pointers are not really about managing memory, they're about managing lifetimes. Even things like the Rust RefCell are smart pointers.
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Re:Rust in QEMU Roadmap by crabbone on Friday December 06, 2024 @05:44AM (#42338472)
Rust lifetimes is a mechanism to manage memory.
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