alt Hacker NewsHow is this different from any other compiler bug?
There was one in the Linux kernel a while ago that mistakenly eliminated an important null check.
Is this different?
How is this different from any other compiler bug?
There was one in the Linux kernel a while ago that mistakenly eliminated an important null check.
Is this different?
No, people who don't actually use Rust just like to pretend it's something more than it is, for some performative outrage or something.
Here's the current list of similar (unsoundness-causing) open compiler bugs in Rust:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20la...