This Is Not a Pipe in Rust

The Treachery of Images let (pipe1_tx, pipe1_rx) = tokio::net::unix::pipe() .expect("ceci n'est pas une pipe");

A Rust code snippet creates a Unix pipe, but its error message says “this is not a pipe” in French. The joke references René Magritte’s painting “The Treachery of Images,” where a painted pipe is labeled “This is not a pipe,” making it a reaction to confusing code or misleading representations.

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