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I would normally agree with this, but Rust for Linux project in fact uses lots of unstable Rust features, and unstable Rust features in fact break a lot (as the
by sanxiyn 4y ago
I would normally agree with this, but Rust for Linux project in fact uses lots of unstable Rust features, and unstable Rust features in fact break a lot (as they should). Unstable Rust is in fact more painful than GCC C, so pain of upgrade is a genuine con against Rust. I just think benefit is larger.
- biorach 4y agoWhich raises an interesting question... Will changes to interfaces in nightly be handled similarly to how internal kernel API changes are handled? - i.e. if your code is in-tree then the mantainers of the Rust integration will update your code to ensure compatibility with the new nightly interface.