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Let us know when the borrow checker is optional so I can write it without hurting my brain.
Isn't it already optional? Just put
unsafeon everything?unsafedoes not disable the borrow checker. It does however give you abilities to circumvent it, namely by letting you dereference pointers, which are not subject to the borrow checker.OIC. I really need to start learning this language soon, or I won't be able to understand future memes and rants.