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		Polyisoprene on Feb 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust Hopefully Java will support proper values regarding inlining and on-stack allocation for non-primitive types soon, but yes option types are a benefit in Rust as long as you’re not using any more advanced reference libraries.

tene on Feb 4, 2020 [–]

Can you explain more about "advanced reference libraries", and how they interfere with the benefits of option types?

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