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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions src/liballoc/arc.rs
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/// first: after all, isn't the point of `Arc<T>` thread safety? The key is
/// this: `Arc<T>` makes it thread safe to have multiple ownership of the same
/// data, but it doesn't add thread safety to its data. Consider
/// `Arc<RefCell<T>>`. `RefCell<T>` isn't [`Sync`], and if `Arc<T>` was always
/// [`Send`], `Arc<RefCell<T>>` would be as well. But then we'd have a problem:
/// `RefCell<T>` is not thread safe; it keeps track of the borrowing count using
/// `Arc<`[`RefCell<T>`]`>`. [`RefCell<T>`] isn't [`Sync`], and if `Arc<T>` was always
/// [`Send`], `Arc<`[`RefCell<T>`]`>` would be as well. But then we'd have a problem:
/// [`RefCell<T>`] is not thread safe; it keeps track of the borrowing count using
/// non-atomic operations.
///
/// In the end, this means that you may need to pair `Arc<T>` with some sort of
/// `std::sync` type, usually `Mutex<T>`.
/// [`std::sync`] type, usually [`Mutex<T>`][mutex].
///
/// ## Breaking cycles with `Weak`
///
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/// // a and b both point to the same memory location as foo.
/// ```
///
/// The `Arc::clone(&from)` syntax is the most idiomatic because it conveys more explicitly
/// The [`Arc::clone(&from)`] syntax is the most idiomatic because it conveys more explicitly
/// the meaning of the code. In the example above, this syntax makes it easier to see that
/// this code is creating a new reference rather than copying the whole content of foo.
///
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/// [upgrade]: struct.Weak.html#method.upgrade
/// [`None`]: ../../std/option/enum.Option.html#variant.None
/// [assoc]: ../../book/first-edition/method-syntax.html#associated-functions
/// [`RefCell<T>`]: ../../std/cell/struct.RefCell.html
/// [`std::sync`]: ../../std/sync/index.html
/// [`Arc::clone(&from)`]: #method.clone
///
/// # Examples
///
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