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submitting a merge request with changes that don’t compile is an absolute no-go.
Right but unless the tests for all 50 filesystems are excellent (I’d be surprised; does Linux even have a CI system?) then the fact that you’ve broken some of them isn’t going to cause a compile error. That’s what the linked presentation was about! Rust encodes more semantic information into the type system so it can detect breakages at compile time. With C you’re relying entirely on tests.
Right but unless the tests for all 50 filesystems are excellent (I’d be surprised; does Linux even have a CI system?) then the fact that you’ve broken some of them isn’t going to cause a compile error. That’s what the linked presentation was about! Rust encodes more semantic information into the type system so it can detect breakages at compile time. With C you’re relying entirely on tests.