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		steveklabnik on Aug 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust 1.63 Teeeny tiny note > because Rust's get function v.get(i) is marked unsafe You mean get_unchecked. get is safe, and returns an Option, so that None can be returned if something is out of bounds.

tialaramex on Aug 11, 2022 [–]

Doh! I even had the "get_unchecked()" function in front of me on the screen and wrote get() anyway. Thanks Steve.

steveklabnik on Aug 11, 2022 | [–]

No problem. Thanks for explaining what unsafe does and doesn't do; you're 100% right that this is a common misconception that comes up often.

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