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0 pointsburnthrow5y ago0 comments

Was faster and is the same, checking isn't free. Not that Rust is slow. C++ is unsafe by default whereas in Rust it is opt-in (lexically scoped). The Rust implementations don't appear to use `unsafe`.

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steveklabnik5y ago

Checking can often be free, because it’s done at compile time, rather than at runtime.

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0 pointsburnthrow5y ago0 comments

Was faster and is the same, checking isn't free. Not that Rust is slow. C++ is unsafe by default whereas in Rust it is opt-in (lexically scoped). The Rust implementations don't appear to use `unsafe`.

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steveklabnik5y ago

Checking can often be free, because it’s done at compile time, rather than at runtime.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse