Re: [ was: native json parsing] building pd with Rust code

On 2/14/2026 3:53 PM, Patrice Colet wrote:

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>> Le 14 févr. 2026 à 15:12, IOhannes m zmölnig via Pd-list 
>> <[email protected]> a écrit :
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>> if you look at the implementation of Pd, then they (of course) are 
>> real pointers, but that is abstracted away (and not accessible) when 
>> working on a patch level.
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> Okay, but the abstract doesn't make it safe enough to prevent PureData 
> from crashing on erroneous datastructures.

If you try to access an invalid pointer, you should only get an error 
message (e.g. "stale pointer"). They are actually safe, assuming the 
underlaying implementation is correct. If you experience crashes with 
data structures, please open a bug report.

Christof

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> By the way, thank you for the accurate explanation.
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> Pc
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