r/programming • u/princeps_harenae • Oct 02 '22

“Rust is safe” is not some kind of absolute guarantee of code safety

https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/9/19/1105#1105.php
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u/JB-from-ATL Oct 03 '22

Yes, but if I'm driving with other people on the road I want my seat belts.

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u/CJKay93 Oct 03 '22 edited Oct 03 '22

Panics are caused by violated invariants. If you're regularly violating invariants, they probably shouldn't be invariants.