From the course: Debugging Rust Code with AI
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Memory safety debugging
From the course: Debugging Rust Code with AI
Memory safety debugging
- [Instructor] Hello fellow "Rustations". Last time we explored how AI can catch errors as you type. Today we are diving into memory safety issues and rust. When rust compiler is your first line of defense, modern AI tools can act as your memory safety superhero. Let's see how AI takes rust safety to the next level. Today we are going to explore three new to us memory issues that haunt rust developers. Let's take an example. What's happening here? We are creating a simple vector with four integers. Then we create a reference to the first element. Next we try to clear the vector, which would remove all the elements. Finally, we try to print the value, our reference is pointing to. But that's the problem, we are trying to use a reference that's already been cleared. This is a classic use after free situation. It's like trying to visit a house after it's been demolished. Now the AI powered Rust analyzer immediately flags this with the red line under v.clear. If we take a look here, so we…
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