It’s possible use after free isn’t actually possible because Rust’s ownership system lets you express lifetimes that the compiler enforces (or you enforce it a

It’s possible use after free isn’t actually possible because Rust’s ownership system lets you express lifetimes that the compiler enforces (or you enforce it at runtime yourself). But handles aren’t uncommon even in c/c++ - it’s nothing to do with the language and more how the author thinks the particular problem domain is best modeled.