Carbon is accelerating and adjusting its safety strategy, specifically
to flesh out its memory safety strategy and reflect simplifying
developments in the safety space.
This proposal replaces the previous directional safety strategy with a
new concrete and updated framework for the safety design. It includes a
specific framework for memory safety, simplified build modes, specific
"safety modes", and terminology.
This proposal also provides a _directional_ suggestion for temporal and
data-race safety specifically.
In addition to fully building out the above directional component, there
are several other aspects of our safety design that will follow in
subsequent proposals. The hope is to establish the initial framework
here.
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Update broken links to aid in following links while perusing the
documentation. Closes#3778
I don't imagine I got every one of these right. Some 404s may be
reported due to permissions.
Using the lychee command in #3778, only the following link is reported
as not found, but it's just a permission issue:
```
[proposals/p1367.md]:
✗ [404] https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/settings/access | Failed: Network error: Not Found
```
I tried to get it down to as few as possible, partially so that future
link scans won't run into repeat errors.
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Co-authored-by: Carbon Infra Bot <carbon-external-infra@google.com>
Includes proposals:
- #990
- #2188
- #2138
- #2200
- #2360
- #2760
- #2964
- #3162
Also tries to use more precise language when talking about:
- implementations, to avoid confusing `impl` declaration and definitions
with the `impls` operator used in `where` clauses, an issue brought up
in #2495 and #2483;
- "binding patterns", like `x: i32`, and "bindings" like `x`.
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Co-authored-by: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>
This reflects changes from a number of approved proposals:
- #920 : concrete statements about orphan and overlap in Carbon
- #2138 : "generic" -> "checked generic", "template" -> "template
generic"
- #2188 : binding patterns are forbidden in type position
- #2360 : "type", "facet type", "facet". Note: I am not using the term
"generic type" from #2360 since that meaning conflicts with the
generally accepted meaning of "generic type" of a type with a
compile-time parameter.
- #2760 / #2770 : internal/external impl -> extending impl
- #2964 : "symbolic constant" and "template constant"
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Co-authored-by: Geoff Romer <gromer@google.com>
Co-authored-by: Richard Smith <richard@metafoo.co.uk>
Part of #1902Fixes#1904
Regarding #1904, using #access-requests because I've decided I feel weird using any other channel for this (including #proposal-prs-and-process)
Replace the "why we don't want to discuss things" question with three
questions covering substantially the same topic. Try to strike a balance
between inviting participation and feedback while still making it clear
that the evolution process produces "firm" decisions.
Address issue #1833.
This provides a natural place for questions about the specifics of how to
contribute effectively, which, near term, is probably where the FAQ will
grow the most near term. This allows the other headings to remain more
focused on their original questions.
Move two existing questions to the new place without changing their
content: "What are the prerequisites for contributing [...]?" and "Why
aren't people willing to discuss certain topics [...]?".
We've observed the following things cropping up regularly enough to
address as 'frequently asked':
* Why isn't there a Carbon logo?
* Where should I ask questions?
* What are the prerequisites for building Carbon?
* Why aren't people willing to discuss certain topics?
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Co-authored-by: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>
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