Rust 101 - 42: Why do we need unsafe?

There is a special mode in Rust programs called unsafe - why do we need it?

Series: Language basics, More syntax, Traits and generics, Building applications, Concurrency and parallelism, Trait objects, Async, Unsafe

This section (Async): 42: Why unsafe?, 43: Meaning of unsafe, 44: Undefined behaviour, 45: Unsafe types, 46: Exercise 1, 47: Exercise 2, 48: Exercise 3

Links:

• Slides: Rust 101 - module F
• Exercises: artificialworlds.net/presentations/rust-101/exercises/F-safe-unsafe/mod.html

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