add a note to the README about this being a tutorial for an ancient version of Rust

[rust-101.git] / src / part15.rs

diff --git a/src/part15.rs b/src/part15.rs
index ef5e9b47902d35e817215049eaa9445b654db5cb..e22d507c615328be99e338ff892001640bffdd28 100644 (file)
--- a/src/part15.rs
+++ b/src/part15.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 //@ Rather than giving every field a name, a struct can also be defined by just giving a sequence
 //@ of types (similar to how a variant of an `enum` is defined). This is called a *tuple struct*.
 //@ It is often used when constructing a *newtype*, as we do here: `ConcurrentCounter` is
-//@ essentially just a new name for `Arc<Mutex<usize>>`. However, is is a locally declared types,
+//@ essentially just a new name for `Arc<Mutex<usize>>`. However, it is a locally declared types,
 //@ so we can give it an inherent implementation and implement traits for it. Since the field is
 //@ private, nobody outside this module can even know the type we are wrapping.
 
@@ -116,16 +116,15 @@ pub fn main() {
 // `unwrap_or_else` for this job.
 
 //@ ## `RwLock`
-
-//@ Besides `Mutex`, there's also [`RwLock`](https://doc.rust-
-//@ lang.org/stable/std/sync/struct.RwLock.html), which provides two ways of locking: One that
-//@ grants only read-only access, to any number of concurrent readers, and another one for
-//@ exclusive write access. Notice that this is the same pattern we already saw with shared vs.
-//@ mutable references. Hence another way of explaining `RwLock` is to say that it is like
-//@ `RefCell`, but works even for concurrent access. Rather than panicking when the data is already
-//@ borrowed, `RwLock` will of course block the current thread until the lock is available.
-//@ In this view, `Mutex` is a stripped-down version of `RwLock` that does not distinguish readers
-//@ and writers.
+//@ Besides `Mutex`, there's also
+//@ [`RwLock`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/sync/struct.RwLock.html), which provides two
+//@ ways of locking: One that grants only read-only access, to any number of concurrent readers,
+//@ and another one for exclusive write access. Notice that this is the same pattern we already
+//@ saw with shared vs. mutable references. Hence another way of explaining `RwLock` is to say that
+//@ it is like `RefCell`, but works even for concurrent access. Rather than panicking when the data
+//@ is already borrowed, `RwLock` will of course block the current thread until the lock is
+//@ available. In this view, `Mutex` is a stripped-down version of `RwLock` that does not
+//@ distinguish readers and writers.
 
 // **Exercise 15.3**:  Change the code above to use `RwLock`, such that multiple calls to `get` can
 // be executed at the same time.