Of course it’s possible. I am well aware it’s possible. You can also just call into a C library that hands you a null pointer. Further, it’s wholly possible to

Of course it’s possible. I am well aware it’s possible. You can also just call into a C library that hands you a null pointer. Further, it’s wholly possible to invalidate every single one of Rust’s safety guarantees if you try hard enough. In practice I have never encountered a null pointer in Rust. Most Rust programmers have never encountered a null pointer. For most non-FFI practical purposes you can act as if they don’t exist.