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josephgyesterday at 9:26 AM2 repliesview on HN

Sure; but I bet raw pointers are used very infrequently in the new codebase. The code was ported from zig to rust. I bet a lot of pointers became rust references in the process.


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gcryesterday at 11:52 AM

That’s my whole point! It’s ported to unsafe rust, not default rust.

zombotyesterday at 11:36 AM

The point of compiler-based checking would be that you know for sure. If you have to bet, all bets are off.