11 uses of "unsafe".

(this is not a critique of this specific library, it's more a look at the rust ecosystem as a whole)

i keep looking at Rust, but at the end it seems it is not a language for me. Rust developers just seem to use more "unsafe" than what i am comfortable with. generally, if there could be a choice between using "unsafe", and taking a 2% performance penalty,i personally would go with the performance-penalty. of course, i can understand others have different priorities. the question is, what are the priorities of the rust ecosystem? i mean, can i find libraries that go with as-safe-as-possible or are most libraries as-fast-as-possible?

also, the claim that the rust language is fast and safe becomes harder to accept when the fast libraries use unsafe :) (i do understand code using "unsafe" can be safe if the developer does not make mistakes. the problem is, developers do make mistakes.)

I think... you miss the point.

Usage of unsafe is effectively flagging areas for peer review. You can't build everything in safe Rust - certain things _require_ the use of unsafe. Having it gated, reviewed, and so on is effectively a check on a class of bugs that can be hard to pin down.

IMHO, the community cares way, way too much about the mere sight of an unsafe in a codebase - it borders on religious zealotry. It's just a tool like anything else in the (wonderful) language.

Strongly agree. I personally find a lot of the people involved in https://github.com/rust-secure-code/safety-dance to be mildly annoying to very unpleasant in their zealotry and snarkiness.