> Things like checked arithmetic matter and should be enabled by default in safe builds, yet Rust does not actually do this in safe release builds. Zig does and

> Things like checked arithmetic matter and should be enabled by default in safe builds, yet Rust does not actually do this in safe release builds. Zig does and I hope that Rust one day will. The entire origin of unchecked arithmetic being a problem originates from their use as indexes to buffers. If you solve the indexing buffer issue you don't need to completely expand every single mathematical operation to a checked one which slows down the code. If people want checked artihmetic for some reason in the rare case that it matters in a non-buffer case, then they can used things like checked_add.