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11-year-old unsoundness bugs found in Rust borrow checker

Original: 11 year old unsoundness bugs found in Rust borrow checker Article URL: https:// github.com/rust-lang/rust/issu es/164250

Long-standing soundness holes in Rust's borrow checker have surfaced in a GitHub issue filed against the rust-lang/rust repository, apparently present in the language for around eleven years. The report is drawing attention on developer forums, with commenters debating how the bugs survived so long and what they mean for Rust's memory-safety guarantees.

Why now: Rust's core promise is memory safety, so discovering decade-old soundness bugs in its borrow checker challenges that reputation and sparks wide developer debate.

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• 11 year old unsoundness bugs found in Rust borrow checker Article URL: https:// github.com/rust-lang/rust/issu es/164250 Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0069499 Points: 64 # Comments: 15 https:// github.com/rust-lang/rust/issu es/164250 # Tech # Technology… · techwire@gamefan.net · 1

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