When is never?
by waffle
The never type has been unstable for 10 years… but why?
I want to explain what the never type is, show parallels with types in other programming languages, explain what are the challenges in bringing the never type to stable and what is the current progress on that.
waffle
it/itsMember of Rust's compiler team
A non-binary compiler witch working on the rust compiler as a member of the compiler team. Co-creator of the unfair rust quiz.
I’ve worked on Rust features like ""explicit tail calls"" and ""the never type"", among many other things.
The description for this field seems to imply that I should put something silly here too, not just the dry boring facts… I love hiking on mountains, both in Celeste (the critically acclaimed 2018 platformer) and in real life.
meow :3