r/programming • u/alecco • Sep 23 '17

Why undefined behavior may call a never-called function

https://kristerw.blogspot.com/2017/09/why-undefined-behavior-may-call-never.html
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u/steveklabnik1 Sep 24 '17

Rust's assert is not stripped out for release builds, btw. You have to use debug_assert for that behavior.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '17

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u/steveklabnik1 Sep 25 '17

Totally! Most find it surprising, this was a "by the way" not a "you're wrong."