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		int_19h 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unexpected productivity boost of Rust The compiler doesn't have to implement a call as a call; having "magic functions" calls to which are special-cased by the code generator is an old and time-honored tradition.

Rusky 3 months ago [–]

Yes, that's how it should work. It is not how it works in today's rustc.

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