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[rust-101.git] / src / part16.rs

diff --git a/src/part16.rs b/src/part16.rs
index f5735b874e854eebcb4606721bc1c4c55cbce220..90b687bb7438c668c9a11cc2d0de98bdc3f8173d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/part16.rs
+++ b/src/part16.rs
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ pub struct LinkedList<T> {
 //@ Clearly, that's an unsafe operation and must only be used with great care - or even better, not at all. Seriously.
 //@ If at all possible, you should never use `transmute`. <br/>
 //@ We are making the assumption here that a `Box` and a raw pointer have the same representation in memory. In the future,
-//@ Rust will [provide](http://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/alloc/boxed/struct.Box.html#method.from_raw) such [operations](http://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/alloc/boxed/struct.Box.html#method.into_raw) in the standard library, but the exact API is still being fleshed out.
+//@ Rust will [provide](https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/alloc/boxed/struct.Box.html#method.from_raw) such [operations](https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/alloc/boxed/struct.Box.html#method.into_raw) in the standard library, but the exact API is still being fleshed out.
 
 //@ We declare `raw_into_box` to be an `unsafe` function, telling Rust that calling this function is not generally safe.
 //@ This grants us the unsafe powers for the body of the function: We can dereference raw pointers, and - most importantly - we
-//@ can call unsafe functions. (There's a third power, related to mutable static variables, but we didn't talk about static variables
-//@ in the course, so that won't be relevant here.) <br/>
+//@ can call unsafe functions. (The other unsafe powers won't be relevant here. Go read [The Rustonomicon](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nomicon/)
+//@ if you want to learn all about this, but be warned - That Way Lies Madness.) <br/>
 //@ Here, the caller will have to ensure that `r` is a valid pointer, and that nobody else has a pointer to this data.
 unsafe fn raw_into_box<T>(r: *mut T) -> Box<T> {
     mem::transmute(r)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl<T> LinkedList<T> {
         //@ Calling `box_into_raw` gives up ownership of the box, which is crucial: We don't want the memory that it points to to be deallocated!
         let new = Box::new( Node { data: t, next: ptr::null_mut(), prev: self.last } );
         let new = box_into_raw(new);
-        // Update other points to this node.
+        // Update other pointers to this node.
         if self.last.is_null() {
             debug_assert!(self.first.is_null());
             // The list is currently empty, so we have to update the head pointer.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl<T> LinkedList<T> {
 
     // Next, we are going to provide an iterator.
     //@ This function just creates an instance of `IterMut`, the iterator type which does the actual work.
-    pub fn iter_mut(&self) -> IterMut<T> {
+    pub fn iter_mut(&mut self) -> IterMut<T> {
         IterMut { next: self.first, _marker: PhantomData  }
     }
 }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ impl<'a, T> Iterator for IterMut<'a, T> {
 //@ of `LinkedList`.
 impl<T> Drop for LinkedList<T> {
     // The destructor itself is a method which takes `self` in mutably borrowed form. It cannot own `self`, because then
-    // the destructor of `self` would be called at the end pf the function, resulting in endless recursion...
+    // the destructor of `self` would be called at the end of the function, resulting in endless recursion...
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         let mut cur_ptr = self.first;
         while !cur_ptr.is_null() {
@@ -197,4 +197,4 @@ impl<T> Drop for LinkedList<T> {
 //@ extensions here and there. The [index](main.html) contains some more links to additional resources you may find useful. 
 //@ With that, there's only one thing left to say: Happy Rust Hacking!
 
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+//@ [index](main.html) | [previous](part15.html) | [raw source](https://www.ralfj.de/git/rust-101.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/workspace/src/part16.rs) | next