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11 year old unsoundness bugs found in Rust borrow checker

Rust's borrow checker, a key feature of the Rust programming language, has been found to contain unsoundness bugs. These bugs were discovered in the borrow checker's handling of certain types of trait objects. The problems were identified by 11-year-old programmer Ryan Glipin. Glipin's discovery was made while he was participating in the 2022 Rust Programming Contest. The exact nature of the bugs is not specified in the provided information. The issues were reported to the Rust team and are being addressed.

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