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Re:Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibi... by dnautics on Saturday May 09, 2026 @03:40PM (#48077605)
rust does not promise leak safety.
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Re:Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibi... by josephg on Saturday May 09, 2026 @04:10PM (#48077828)
True. But rust does make it a lot harder to leak memory by accident. Rust variables are automatically freed when they go out of scope. Ownership semantics mean the compiler knows when to free almost everything.
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Re:Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibi... by ethin on Saturday May 09, 2026 @11:11PM (#48080646)
> But rust does make it a lot harder to leak memory by accident. Rust variables are automatically freed when they go out of scope.

RAII has entered the chat.

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