Struct alloc::arc::Arc
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pub struct Arc<T: ?Sized> { // some fields omitted }
An atomically reference counted wrapper for shared state.
Examples
In this example, a large vector of floats is shared between several threads.
With simple pipes, without Arc
, a copy would have to be made for each
thread.
When you clone an Arc<T>
, it will create another pointer to the data and
increase the reference counter.
use std::sync::Arc; use std::thread; fn main() { let numbers: Vec<_> = (0..100u32).collect(); let shared_numbers = Arc::new(numbers); for _ in 0..10 { let child_numbers = shared_numbers.clone(); thread::spawn(move || { let local_numbers = &child_numbers[..]; // Work with the local numbers }); } }
Methods
impl<T> Arc<T>
impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T>
fn downgrade(&self) -> Weak<T>
: Weak pointers may not belong in this module.
Downgrades the Arc<T>
to a Weak<T>
reference.
Examples
use std::sync::Arc; let five = Arc::new(5); let weak_five = five.downgrade();
impl<T: Clone> Arc<T>
fn make_unique(&mut self) -> &mut T
Make a mutable reference from the given Arc<T>
.
This is also referred to as a copy-on-write operation because the inner data is cloned if the reference count is greater than one.
Examples
use std::sync::Arc; let mut five = Arc::new(5); let mut_five = five.make_unique();