unreachable in std::intrinsics - Rust
Description: Informs the optimizer that this point in the code is not reachable, enabling further optimizations.
Keywords: rust, rustlang, rust-lang, unreachable

# Function std::intrinsics::unreachable
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    pub unsafe extern "rust-intrinsic" fn unreachable() -> !

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`core_intrinsics`)

intrinsics are unlikely to ever be stabilized, instead they should be used through stabilized interfaces in the rest of the standard library

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Informs the optimizer that this point in the code is not reachable, enabling further optimizations.

N.B., this is very different from the `unreachable!()` macro: Unlike the macro, which panics when it is executed, it is undefined behavior to reach code marked with this function.

The stabilized version of this intrinsic is `core::hint::unreachable_unchecked`.