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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Why is the crab not Rust. This is outrageous, it’s unfair

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Rust would be some borrow checker compile error like

borrowed data escapes outside of associated function
argument requires that `'1` must outlive `'static`
[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

rust errors are funny if you don't know rust

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

News at Ten: Borrowed Data Escapes Outside of Associated Function

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Those also happen to be errors you'd typically run into, if you don't yet really know Rust...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I do run into them even though I use Rust for ~3 years now, but only in non-obvious cases, e. g. when all references to the borrowed data are dropped before the end of the function.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

you can still segfault in rust iirc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Not in safe Rust. Only if you explicitly tell the compiler "I got this, don't worry" but then fuck up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess they fixed the weirdness involving calling main later in the program

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

As in, you call main() recursively? Don't think, I've ever tried that in any language...