[scott_w]

You’re arguing in this context:

> wouldn't the ability to automatically rewrite sqlite in Rust be a valuable asset?

If you want to rewrite SQLite, you must accept their position. Otherwise you simply aren’t rewriting SQLite, you’re writing your own database.

[viraptor]

Not having bound checks does not make sqlite sqlite. If that was the case, you couldn't compile it with https://clang.llvm.org/docs/BoundsSafety.html turned on and still call it sqlite for example.