An embedded database written in Rust

Post by steveklabnik » Mon, May 28, 2018, 8:32 PM UTC

saghm wrote: post #67

steveklabnik wrote: post #66

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Rust doesn't guarantee freedom of leaks, as leaking is memory-safe.

To be fair, I think the way GP worded it might still be accurate; they said that you wouldn't leak by forgetting to collect it. I took that as a statement about not needing to manually free things than an assertion that Rust guarantees no memory leaks (which can still occur from things like reference cycles).

Post by steveklabnik » Mon, May 28, 2018, 9:51 PM UTC

nixpulvis wrote: post #72

steveklabnik wrote: post #71

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You’re right, I might be overly sensitive to people incorrectly making this claim directly.

I too try (and sometimes fail) to be careful when talking about this. People get all hot and bothered when you go overboard :P It can be tempting to start explaining what an afine type system is, but that can hurt more than help.