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Am I misunderstanding? I thought there were existing bugs caused by unclear lifetimes, and adding a simple C wrapper would prevent those, and make Rust Interop easier at the same time? Which they eventually did, but it took one year?
Why does fixing bugs and making the API more solid = "refactor in more bugs"?
UB is only one class of error you can get in a big, complex program. Re-writing functionality opens the door to every other potential class of error too.
I liked the approach the kernel devs were taking where rust modules were being integrated without the 'core' code being touched. I think people who want a complete re-write of everything (if they exist outside of my convenient straw man) are probably better off starting a fresh kernel project.
Nothing is being rewritten in Rust.
Yes, you're right, from my understanding nothing is in the kernel. Was more referring to the "re-write in rust!!" meme but admittedly that's a strawman.