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>this is a pragmatic compromise.

Yes. This is exactly what it is. It is a "pragmatic compromise" to side-step major internal cultural and philosophical issues (not technical issues). You're basically telling a number of C maintainers that they can simply pretend Rust doesn't exist, even if it may be the case that Rust code is the primary consumer of that API. That's a workable solution, but it isn't an ideal solution - and that's a little sad.