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		metaltyphoon 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Core of Rust Traits, generics, ownership, RAII shows up in many languages, so what other concept outside of lifetimes does Rust introduces?

ridiculous_fish 4 months ago [–]

Affine types, variance, higher-rank trait bounds, phantom data, MaybeUninit, and the whole macro and proc-macro systems are some examples of concepts that I found to be challenging when learning Rust.

Dyn-safety is another but I had encountered that previously in Swift.

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