Rust 101 – 43: The two meanings of “unsafe” in Rust
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The `unsafe` keyword in Rust means two things: “You must read the docs!” or “I promise I read the docs and followed the rules!”.
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
Links:
- Slides: Rust 101 – module F
- Exercises: artificialworlds.net/presentations/rust-101/exercises/F-safe-unsafe/mod.html
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