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aw1621107last Thursday at 9:44 AM1 replyview on HN

> Examples:

GP isn't asking for examples of just anyone making that statement. They're asking for examples of Rust making that promise. Something from the docs or the like.

> Some people claim that the quote is hyperbolic because it only covers memory errors. But this bug is a memory error, so ...

It's a memory error involving unsafe code, so it would be out of scope for whatever promises Rust may or may not have made anyways.


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qcnguyyesterday at 5:27 PM

Rust can't make a promise, only people can. I think it was clear what samdoesnothing meant.

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