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If one is to write such simple code in unsafe mode, might as well just use C! We have https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.str.html#method.as_bytes https://

If one is to write such simple code in unsafe mode, might as well just use C! We have https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.str.html#method.as_bytes https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.str.html#method.as_b... for accessing a str bytewise. No need for pointers and `unsafe`. The whole point of Rust is being safer and higher-level than C, and if you don't want to use its features, there is no improvement over C.

kzrdude 9y ago
There is plenty of improvement over C: generics, ADTs, type inference, and toolchain. Which you can combine with raw pointer hackery if you want.
- kroltan 9y ago
  Yes, I'm just nitpicking his example code. It might pass the wrong impression to people who never saw Rust before.