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Re:Safe C++ proposal is not being continued by usefulcat on Saturday September 13, 2025 @09:08PM (#45236610)
If unsafe is not used, then no one has to determine whether the unsafe parts are actually safe.
Re:Safe C++ proposal is not being continued by vlovich123 on Saturday September 13, 2025 @10:40PM (#45236975)
Sure, but taken to an extreme you see the absurd degree you have to contort yourself. And that’s to the current version of the proof checker - some unsafe’s are even only temporary until a better prover comes by.

You shouldn’t go out of your way to use unsafe, but between that and 2 weeks refactoring, I’ll take the unsafe and use tools like miri or ASAN to provide extra guards. Engineering is inherently about making practical choices.