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C++ Committee Prioritizes 'Profiles' Over Rust-Style Safety Model Proposal
Long-time Slashdot reader robinsrowe shared this report from the Register: The C++ standards committee abandoned a detailed proposal to create a rigorously safe subset of the language, according to the proposal's co-author, despite continuing anxiety about memory safety. "The Safety and Security w...
The topic came up as developers like Simone Bellavia noted the anniversary of the proposal and discovered a decision had been made on Safe C++. One year ago, Baxter told The Reg that the project would enable C++ developers to get the memory safety of Rust, but without having to learn a new language. "This includes compile-time intelligence like borrow checking to prevent use-after-free bugs and initialization analysis for type safety."
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