[whatshisface]

I think there is probably a way to do what you're doing with unsafe. You could write a library that copies handles and can dump potentially freed memory afterwards.

[g-mork]

Some kind of cargo plugin that transforms all references in the project into pointers and casts prior to feeding to rustc would probably be the best practice and highly maintainable route I'd go. like "cargo expand" but with a fancy catchier name that encourages new users to rely on it. "cargo autofix" might work

[jvanderbot]

There's definitely a way to do it without unsafe! It just isn't as simple as dropping one println out so.... Lets alter the compiler?

I gotta applaud that level of my-way-or-the-highway