Yes, it is programmer error, but the key takeaway is that it's pretty damn easy to make a subtle yet critical error when writing in C or C++. Even if you're a d

Yes, it is programmer error, but the key takeaway is that it's pretty damn easy to make a subtle yet critical error when writing in C or C++. Even if you're a developer at Google and have been writing C/C++ for many years. Tools and wrappers like these try to mitigate the risk of these errors.