This post is not about 'wrapping unsafe code' - in fact, its not even about writing Rust at all. Its about trying to delimit the scopes in which the compiler wi

This post is not about 'wrapping unsafe code' - in fact, its not even about writing Rust at all. Its about trying to delimit the scopes in which the compiler will perform optimizations based on invariants that are guaranteed in safe Rust but can be violated in unsafe Rust. This is a post about the design of the language, not of code in the language. The name was chosen because it was the metaphor the author thought of; as a bonus, you've learned something about another culture. Tootsie pops (the most common lollipop in the United States) have a privileged place in American pop culture because of this commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6rHeD5x2tI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6rHeD5x2tI