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diff --git a/personal/_posts/2019-07-14-uninit.md b/personal/_posts/2019-07-14-uninit.md
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--- a/personal/_posts/2019-07-14-uninit.md
+++ b/personal/_posts/2019-07-14-uninit.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: '"What The Hardware Does" is not What Your Program Does: Uninitialized Memory'
 ---
 title: '"What The Hardware Does" is not What Your Program Does: Uninitialized Memory'

-categories: rust research
+categories: rust research programming

 forum: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/what-the-hardware-does-is-not-what-your-program-does-uninitialized-memory/10561
 ---
 
 forum: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/what-the-hardware-does-is-not-what-your-program-does-uninitialized-memory/10561
 ---
 


@@ -40,14 +40,16 @@ fn always_returns_true(x: u8) -> bool {
 }
 
 fn main() {
 }
 
 fn main() {

-    let x: u8 = unsafe { mem::uninitialized() };
+    let x: u8 = unsafe { mem::MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() };

     assert!(always_returns_true(x));
 }
 {% endhighlight %}
     assert!(always_returns_true(x));
 }
 {% endhighlight %}

+**Update (2022-11-17):** Switched to `MaybeUninit` to keep the example working in newer versions of Rust.
+

 `always_returns_true` is a function that, clearly, will return `true` for any possible 8-bit unsigned integer.
 `always_returns_true` is a function that, clearly, will return `true` for any possible 8-bit unsigned integer.

-After all, *every* possible value for `x` will be less than 150 or bigger than 120.
+After all, *every* possible value for `x` will be either less than 120, equal to 120, or bigger than 120.

 A quick loop [confirms this](https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=release&edition=2018&gist=65b690fa3c1691e11d4d45955358cdbe).
 A quick loop [confirms this](https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=release&edition=2018&gist=65b690fa3c1691e11d4d45955358cdbe).

-However, if you [run the example](https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=release&edition=2018&gist=812fe3c8655bfedcea37bb18bb70a945), you can see the assertion fail.[^godbolt]
+However, if you [run the example](https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=release&edition=2018&gist=c17d299cacd626c572def0c4262aed69), you can see the assertion fail.[^godbolt]

 
 [^godbolt]: In case this changes with future Rust versions, [here is the same example on godbolt](https://godbolt.org/z/9G67hP); the `xor eax, eax` indicates that the function returns 0, aka `false`. And [here is a version for C++](https://godbolt.org/z/TWrvcq).
 
 
 [^godbolt]: In case this changes with future Rust versions, [here is the same example on godbolt](https://godbolt.org/z/9G67hP); the `xor eax, eax` indicates that the function returns 0, aka `false`. And [here is a version for C++](https://godbolt.org/z/TWrvcq).