On 27 Mar 2014, at 22:17, Steve Klabnik <st...@steveklabnik.com> wrote:
>> Why isn't there a compiler flag like 'noboundscheck' which would disable all >> bounds checking for vectors? It would make it easier to have those language >> performance benchmarks (which people are bound to make with no bounds >> checking in C++ at least) be more apples-to-apples comparisons. Also, >> knowing there's a flag in case you need one would put performance-critical >> people's mind > > A flag that removes safety is pretty antithical to the goals of the > language, IMHO. Yes, I agree it's not the official Rust way of things. But not providing the option seems quite totalitarian. An example use case might be a company that runs its code on 100,000 servers, and has do so for many years without a hiccup. They realize they could save millions of dollars a year in electricity bill by disabling bounds checking, and that's what they decide to do. At this point they would really like to have that compiler flag. _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
