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How safe is zig?

Like, on a scale from c to rust?

issue c zig (release-safe) rust (release)
out-of-bounds heap read/write none runtime runtime
null pointer dereference none runtime runtime
type confusion none runtime, partial¹ runtime²
integer overflow none runtime runtime³
use after free none none compile time
double free none none compile time
invalid stack read/write none none compile time
uninitialized memory none none compile time
data race none none compile time

https://scattered-thoughts.net/writing/how-safe-is-zig/

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