[hardwaregeek]

The rationale is probably that it’s better for C++ devs to write non idiomatic Rust than to keep writing unsafe C++. Like unless they use unsafe and completely circumvent the borrow checker, it’s still gonna be safer. Not letting perfect be the enemy of good and all.

Plus idiomatic rust isn’t that strict a definition. Clippy will guide you for most of the simple stuff and the rest isn’t always worth following. Like people who try to do stuff “correctly” with traits often end up with way more complexity than it’s worth.