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by foobarian 893 days ago
If the cowboy developer is the boss they can still just wrap everything in unsafe blocks. But I think I'd take that over the C++ new/delete/malloc/free salad.
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At least `unsafe` blocks tend to raise other people's eyebrows rather quickly. The word itself is telling you to take a double take after all.

Some rather "questionable" C/C++ code can, and are missed during code review sessions. One could put the blame on code reviewers, but let's be honest, code reviewing is a mindnumbing task for many of us.