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c3833174 on March 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Should you Rust in embedded yet?

Compile time doesn't mean the compiler won't add more instructions where you might not expect them.

steveklabnik on March 1, 2018 | [–]

That's true of any compiler of any language.

lvh on March 2, 2018 | [–]

Are you suggesting the borrow checker adds instructions? I feel the meaning of my comment was pretty clear to mean “strictly compile time”.

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