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		bonzini on Dec 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust in QEMU Roadmap Well, smart pointers and (sort of) templates and lambdas are in Rust. I definitely want smart pointers.

crabbone on Dec 5, 2024 [–]

Not when you need your own allocator. Anything that tries to manage memory w/o you knowing about it will be working against you.

bonzini on Dec 5, 2024 | [–]

Smart pointers are not really about managing memory, they're about managing lifetimes. Even things like the Rust RefCell are smart pointers.

crabbone on Dec 6, 2024 | | [–]

Rust lifetimes is a mechanism to manage memory.

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