UB in Rust vs C
UB in Rust vs C
Posted Aug 15, 2024 0:33 UTC (Thu) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167)In reply to: UB in Rust vs C by khim
Parent article: Standards for use of unsafe Rust in the kernel
1. WG21 members and the C++ community generally trend old. The "Centipedes? In my vagina?" meme dates back to 2007. So the meme referenced is almost old enough to vote. This isn't a lone example, another bug fix paper "Dude, where's my char?" refers to a stoner movie from 2000 for example.
2. The ISO document is not in great shape. Like I said, these aren't real design choices, they're bugs, long standing, trivial bugs in the core document that is supposedly the purpose of the committee's existence. The reason they've persisted is that few people read the document and essentially nobody cares what it means. People employed to write C++ compilers use the drafts, because of course they do, an expensive PDF is worse *and* outdated, whereas the draft is current and readily accessible in many formats. But the draft also insists it is "incomplet and incorrekt" (sic) so why would you report any defects you do notice?
