I believe this was brought up a little while ago: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.rust.devel/2504
Not sure if any consensus was reached. But note that at least one future design idea could obviate the need for pure annotations at all: http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2012/11/18/imagine-never-hearing-the-phrase-aliasable/ On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Andres G. Aragoneses <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > I just wanted to know the rationale behind the decision about having a > "pure" keyword instead of an "impure" one (in the same way, the analogy > here is that there is an "unsafe" keyword, not a "safe" one). > > Thanks > > ______________________________**_________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/**listinfo/rust-dev<https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev> >
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