// We can also write a generic version of `register`, such that it will be instantiated with some concrete closure type `F`
// and do the creation of the `Box` and the conversion from `F` to `FnMut(i32)` itself.
- //@ For this to work, we need to demand that the type `F` does not contain any short-lived borrows. After all, we will store it
+ //@ For this to work, we need to demand that the type `F` does not contain any short-lived references. After all, we will store it
//@ in our list of callbacks indefinitely. If the closure contained a pointer to our caller's stackframe, that pointer
//@ could be invalid by the time the closure is called. We can mitigate this by bounding `F` by a *lifetime*: `F: 'a` says
//@ that all data of type `F` will *outlive* (i.e., will be valid for at least as long as) lifetime `'a`.
// Since they are of type `FnMut`, we need to mutably iterate.
for callback in self.callbacks.iter_mut() {
//@ Here, `callback` has type `&mut Box<FnMut(i32)>`. We can make use of the fact that `Box` is a *smart pointer*: In
- //@ particular, we can use it as if it were a normal pointer, and use `*` to get to its contents. Then we mutably borrow
- //@ these contents, because we call a `FnMut`.
+ //@ particular, we can use it as if it were a normal reference, and use `*` to get to its contents. Then we obtain a
+ //@ mutable reference to these contents, because we call a `FnMut`.
(&mut *callback)(val); /*@*/
- //@ Just like it is the case with normal borrows, this typically happens implicitly, so we can also directly call the function.
+ //@ Just like it is the case with normal references, this typically happens implicitly with smart pointers, so we can also directly call the function.
//@ Try removing the `&mut *`.
//@
- //@ The difference to a normal pointer is that `Box` implies ownership: Once you drop the box (i.e., when the entire `Callbacks` instance is
+ //@ The difference to a reference is that `Box` implies full ownership: Once you drop the box (i.e., when the entire `Callbacks` instance is
//@ dropped), the content it points to on the heap will be deleted.
}
}
c.call(0);
{
- //@ We can even register callbacks that modify their environment. Per default, Rust will attempt to borrow `count`. However,
+ //@ We can even register callbacks that modify their environment. Per default, Rust will attempt to capture a reference to `count`, to borrow it. However,
//@ that doesn't work out this time. Remember the `'static` bound above? Borrowing `count` in the environment would
- //@ violate that bound, as the borrow is only valid for this block. If the callbacks are triggered later, we'd be in trouble.
+ //@ violate that bound, as the reference is only valid for this block. If the callbacks are triggered later, we'd be in trouble.
//@ We have to explicitly tell Rust to `move` ownership of the variable into the closure. Its environment will then contain a
//@ `usize` rather than a `&mut usize`, and the closure has no effect on this local variable anymore.
let mut count: usize = 0;
//@ ## Run-time behavior
//@ When you run the program above, how does Rust know what to do with the callbacks? Since an unsized type lacks some information,
-//@ a *pointer* to such a type (be it a `Box` or a borrow) will need to complete this information. We say that pointers to
+//@ a *pointer* to such a type (be it a `Box` or a reference) will need to complete this information. We say that pointers to
//@ trait objects are *fat*. They store not only the address of the object, but (in the case of trait objects) also a *vtable*: A
//@ table of function pointers, determining the code that's run when a trait method is called. There are some restrictions for traits to be usable
//@ as trait objects. This is called *object safety* and described in [the documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/trait-objects.html) and [the reference](https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference.html#trait-objects).
//@ (Of course, in the case of `register` above, there's no function called on the trait object.)
//@ Isn't it beautiful how traits can nicely handle this tradeoff (and much more, as we saw, like closures and operator overloading)?
-// **Exercise 11.1**: We made the arbitrary choice of using `i32` for the arguments. Generalize the data-structures above
+// **Exercise 11.1**: We made the arbitrary choice of using `i32` for the arguments. Generalize the data structures above
// to work with an arbitrary type `T` that's passed to the callbacks. Since you need to call multiple callbacks with the
-// same `t: T`, you will either have to restrict `T` to `Copy` types, or pass a borrow.
+// same `t: T`, you will either have to restrict `T` to `Copy` types, or pass a reference.
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