I agree Rust's safety is very clearly (and maybe narrowly) defined, but it doesn't mean there isn't focus on general correctness - there is. The need to define safety precisely arises because it's part of the language (`unsafe`).
I agree Rust's safety is very clearly (and maybe narrowly) defined, but it doesn't mean there isn't focus on general correctness - there is. The need to define safety precisely arises because it's part of the language (`unsafe`).
You may choose to think from safety guarantee hierarchy perspective like (Bottom = foundation... Top = highest assurance)
Layer 6: FORMAL PROOFS (functional correctness, no RT errors) Ada/SPARK: built-in (GNATprove) Rust: external tools (Kani, Prusti, Verus)
Layer 5: TIMING / REAL-TIME ANALYSIS (WCET, priority bounds) Ada: Ravenscar profile + scheduling analysis Rust: frameworks (RTIC, Embassy)
Layer 4: CONCURRENCY DETERMINISM (predictable schedules) Ada: protected objects + task priorities Rust: data-race freedom; determinism via design
Layer 3: LOGICAL CONTRACTS & INVARIANTS (pre/post, ranges) Ada: Pre/Post aspects, type predicates (built-in) Rust: type states, assertions, external DbC tools
Layer 2: TYPE SAFETY (prevent invalid states) Ada: range subtypes, discriminants Rust: newtypes, enums, const generics
Layer 1: MEMORY SAFETY & DATA-RACE FREEDOM Ada: runtime checks; SPARK proves statically Rust: compile-time via ownership + Send/Sync
with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
procedure Restricted_Number_Demo is
-- Define a restricted subtype of Integer
subtype Small_Positive is Integer range 1 .. 100;
-- Define a restricted subtype of Float
subtype Probability is Float range 0.0 .. 1.0;
-- Variables of these restricted types
X : Small_Positive := 42;
P : Probability := 0.75;
begin
Put_Line("X = " & Integer'Image(X));
Put_Line("P = " & Float'Image(P));
-- Uncommenting the following line would raise a Constraint_Error at runtime
-- X := 200;
end Restricted_Number_Demo;