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minus-squareKissakilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoThe “we use a stable macro that uses the same unstable features anyway” is kinda confusing though. I guess it’s about language interface stability more than unstable feature functional stability?
minus-squarerobinmlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI did not double check, but I assume the macro is provided by std (which is allowed to use unstable items internally). This macro can be stabilised, even if the unstable features themselves are not stabilised yet.
The “we use a stable macro that uses the same unstable features anyway” is kinda confusing though.
I guess it’s about language interface stability more than unstable feature functional stability?
I did not double check, but I assume the macro is provided by std (which is allowed to use unstable items internally). This macro can be stabilised, even if the unstable features themselves are not stabilised yet.