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> is a breaking change _for that type's users_, not the language as a whole. And yet the operating mantra...the single policy that trumps all others in Linux k

> is a breaking change _for that type's users_, not the language as a whole. And yet the operating mantra...the single policy that trumps all others in Linux kernel development... is don't break user space.

dezgeg 2y ago
Rust compiler upgrades being backwards incompatible has nothing to do whatsoever with keeping userspace ABI compatible. GCC also occassionally breaks compability with the kernel, btw.