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Unlike C, Zig offers spatial memory safety, but it does not offer temporal memory safety.

• do_not_redeem 2y ago
  Zig only has spatial memory safety in limited situations. For example: If you use many-pointers anywhere in your codebase, those places have no spatial memory safety. If you compile in ReleaseFast, you have no spatial memory safety at all.
  • throwawaymaths 2y ago
    in practice though you should be compiling ReleaseSafe and activating ReleaseFast only in functions where you need it (and that is the default)
    • lukaslalinsky 2y ago
      Even the Zig compiler is built with ReleaseFast for the published binaries.
      • throwawaymaths 2y ago
        not sure what you think the safety parameters for compilation should be.