Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust

Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by hypeatei on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @08:28PM (#45586650)

I figured, but I guess I don't understand this argument then. SQLite as a project already spends a lot of time on quality so doing some `unsafe` blocks with a `// SAFETY:` comment doesn't seem unreasonable if they want to avoid the compiler inserting a panic branch for bounds checks.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by Ferret7446 on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @10:27PM (#45587449)

If you put unsafe around almost all of your code (array indexing) aren't you better off just writing C?

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by aw1621107 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @03:27AM (#45589144)

Perhaps if the only thing you're doing is array indexing? Though I'm not sure that would apply in this particular case anyways.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by tomjakubowski on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:34AM (#45588120)

In many cases LLVM can prove the bounds check is redundant or otherwise is unnecessary and will optimize it away.

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