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Sudo had a root exploit recently that wasn’t memory safety related, but the rust sun types would have prevented that too. They remove any urge to use sigils (ie
by jackmott 3y ago
Sudo had a root exploit recently that wasn’t memory safety related, but the rust sun types would have prevented that too. They remove any urge to use sigils (ie negative 1 or 0 mean something special) which you can forget to check. Its easier and nicer to use rust sun types and they don’t let you forget.
- bitwize 3y agoBut do the sun types implement the Star trait?
- chmod600 3y agoWhat's a "sun" type? Do you mean "sum" type? And sigils are symbols, not special values: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_(computer_programming) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_(computer_programming)
- jrockway 3y agoProbably typos for sum and sentinel.