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[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 1 week ago (2 children)
try {
    anal();
} catch() {
    std();
}
[–] sidelove@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
try {
    anal();
} catch (HIV) {
    die('wear a condom next time');
}
[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's legacy code from the 80s. Please update it when you get the chance.

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 17 points 1 week ago
try {
    anal();
} catch (HIV) {
    loop {
        sleep(1000000000);
        if HIV.has_cure {break}
    }
}
[–] Luccus@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I will use this to make my code unattractive for AI.

[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago

KISS in unsafe blocks does make sense.

[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pregnant Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 29 points 1 week ago

I think that's the result of dependency injection.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago

πŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The unsafe rust keyword basically just lets you declare a scope in which some memory checks do not need to pass for the program to compile.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Some people write their entire codebase within those parentheses.

^me.^ ^I'm^ ^talking^ ^about^ ^me^

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They like to live ~~dangerously~~ unsafely

Nah I know I was just shitposting lol

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Also exists in C#, where it allows you to use pointers.

:3 idk should we try the unsafe code?

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 6 points 1 week ago

You can use me after free() all you want, babe

[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

It would turn into a prince! An unstable prince of undefined behavior.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Reply hazy, try again.

(eventually something will catch)