Microsoft Wants Safer C# Without Turning It Into Rust

Originally published on The Register — May 26, 2026

Summary

Microsoft is planning significant memory safety improvements for C# starting with version 16, introducing a new safety model that makes unsafe code more visible and easier to review. The changes include redefining the unsafe keyword so it propagates to callers, limiting unsafe to method-level scope, and adding NuGet package safety badges — all without giving up automatic memory management or turning C# into Rust.

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