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codedokode ◴[06 May 25 19:45 UTC] No.43908897[source]▶

What about catching integer overflow? Free open-source languages still cannot do it unlike they commercial competitors like Swift?

lytedev ◴[06 May 25 19:48 UTC] No.43908922[source]▶

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, exactly, but Rust indeed catches this at compile time.

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codedokode ◴[06 May 25 20:28 UTC] No.43909313[source]▶

I meant panic if during any addition (including in runtime) an overflow occurs.

1. tialaramex ◴[07 May 25 09:55 UTC] No.43913823{3}[source]▶

Why do you want a panic? Shift left. Overflow can be rejected at compile time for a price that you might be able to afford - generality.

Just insist that the programmer prove that overflow can't occur, and reject programs where the programmer couldn't or wouldn't do this.

2. ◴[07 May 25 17:50 UTC] No.43918680[source]▶

3. codedokode ◴[07 May 25 17:54 UTC] No.43918718[source]▶

Programmer has other things to do. Computer or CPU should do the checks.

Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust by showing me C++