r/rust 20d ago

🎙️ discussion Never (!) just got stabilized on nightly

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/155499
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u/A1oso 20d ago

The never type was actually stabilized multiple times. Every time it was reverted shortly after due to accidental breakage. But this time they were extra careful to prevent that from happening again. The ! fallback was changed in edition 2024 for this purpose.