What is the Rust borrow checker and why is it important? How mutability and reference-counted pointers are related. Arguably the most novel aspect of Rust, and the feature that’s the most challenging ...

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How Rust deals with raw pointers. Complex data structures may have cycles, with separately allocated nodes that reference each other either directly or indirectly. Cycles present a challenge for ...