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You can just prefix features with --experimental so people can use their own judgement. Software should warn users when they do something that might harm them. But it shouldn't patronizingly refuse to run.

"I'm sorry bryanlarsen, I'm afraid I can't do that." - 2023 a rustfmt Odyssey.

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Is the code actually there on non-nightly builds or is it just a simple text response for the experimental flag?

For the former then sure, it should just let you do the thing and simply fail loudly if it fails. For the latter, there's not much they can really do without switching you over to nightly rust.

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