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A piece of anecdata: my Rust code from 8 years ago still compiles fine, though compiler complains about not having the defined edition set.

• uecker 1y ago
  News such as this one do not build confidence though: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/type-inference-breakage-in-1-80-has-not-been-handled-well/21374 https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/type-inference-breakage-in...
  • ay 1y ago
    Ah. Apparently I didn’t use that crate, so happily missed that footgun, thanks for the info! That is an unfortunate case. Though I suspect it’s fair to say the entire settlement is built of glass houses here :-) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43798312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43798312 I suppose if one wants absolutely no surprises, they will need to lock the entire toolchain as well, regardless of the language…
    • uecker 1y ago
      Maybe, but this GCC change would affect only code that is already broken and then there is even a compiler flag to fix it.