> IMHO a panic implies that execution cannot continue under any circumstances, and even any attempts for a graceful shutdown might be futile (if recovery is pos

> IMHO a panic implies that execution cannot continue under any circumstances, and even any attempts for a graceful shutdown might be futile (if recovery is possible it shouldn't be a panic but done through regular error handling). Rust panic is just a C++ exception in its implementation, and not every C++ programmer would terminate a process when an exception is thrown. Of course Rust panic is more resillient because Rust provides a memory safety and the logic error can be reasonably bounded as a result. > Increased build time is acceptable for release mode IMHO. I think the slowest possible configuration is at least 3x slower than the default, and that's too slow to be acceptable for most people. But you can always tune them up if you want---please note that this issue is all about defaults.