The Rust Programming Language, 2nd Edition

19 Advanced Features

By now, you’ve learned the most commonly used parts of the Rust programming language. Before we do one more project, in Chapter 20, we’ll look at a few aspects of the language you might run into every once in a while, but may not use every day. You can use this chapter as a reference for when you encounter any unknowns. The features covered here are useful in very specific situations. Although you might not reach for them often, we want to make sure you have a grasp of all the features Rust has to offer.

In this chapter, we’ll cover:

• Unsafe Rust: how to opt out of some of Rust’s guarantees and take responsibility for ...