StackSafe: Taming Recursion in Rust Without Stack Overflow
9 months ago
- #Rust
- #StackOverflow
- #Recursion
- StackSafe prevents stack overflow in Rust recursive functions and data structures by automatically growing the stack.
- Recursive algorithms in Rust can cause stack overflows, leading to program crashes.
- Existing solutions like manual transformation to iterative code or crates like `stacker` and `recursive` have limitations.
- StackSafe provides a simple solution with `#[stacksafe]` for functions and `StackSafe<T>` for recursive fields.
- Debug-time safety checks in StackSafe help identify potential stack overflow locations during development.
- StackSafe is used in production by products like ScopeDB for handling deep recursive structures.
- Converting existing recursive code to use StackSafe is straightforward and minimally invasive.
- StackSafe covers both function calls and trait operations, providing comprehensive protection.