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Jonathan | No.Witness Labs

Naming Convention for Unsafe Functions: "unsafe" Prefix vs. "Sync" Suffix

What are your thoughts on the naming convention for unsafe functions in a library? Should they be prefixed with “unsafe” or suffixed with “Sync”?

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