Mind you that there is a runtime overhead. If we look at access beyond on a slice's boundary: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/ea37e8091fe87ae0a7e204c03

Mind you that there is a runtime overhead. If we look at access beyond on a slice's boundary: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/ea37e8091fe87ae0a7e204c034e7d55061e56790/library/core/src/slice/index.rs#L315-L322 https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/ea37e8091fe87ae0a7e20... This bounds check is what enables Rust code to fail with a panic vs continuing (which is what triggers a lot of bugs). Post about the impact on performance: https://blog.readyset.io/bounds-checks/ https://blog.readyset.io/bounds-checks/