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by do_not_redeem 313 days ago
That would be a bug, so just... don't do that?

If you return a pointer to a local variable that outlives the scope, the pointer would be dangling. Does that mean we should ban pointers?

If you close over a pointer to a local variable that outlives the scope, the closure would be dangling. Does that mean we should ban closures?