X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/rust-101.git/blobdiff_plain/8fcdbed310c53f621fba0401399659ed1a1ec446..55c370392d78bac8eefe95a9eec293a6270d39a2:/src/part04.rs?ds=inline diff --git a/src/part04.rs b/src/part04.rs index 9a1d22a..e7cf7f2 100644 --- a/src/part04.rs +++ b/src/part04.rs @@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ fn mutable_borrow_demo() { /* println!("The first element is: {}", *first); */ /* BAD! */ } //@ `&mut` is the operator to create a mutable borrow. We have to mark `v` as mutable in order to create such a -//@ borrow. Because the borrow passed to `vec_inc` only lasts as long as the function call, we can still call +//@ borrow: Even though we completely own `v`, Rust tries to protect us from accidentally mutating things. +//@ Hence owned variables that you intend to mutate, have to be annotated with `mut`. +//@ Because the borrow passed to `vec_inc` only lasts as long as the function call, we can still call //@ `vec_inc` on the same vector twice: The durations of the two borrows do not overlap, so we never have more //@ than one mutable borrow. However, we can *not* create a shared borrow that spans a call to `vec_inc`. Just try //@ enabling the commented-out lines, and watch Rust complain. This is because `vec_inc` could mutate @@ -141,4 +143,4 @@ fn mutable_borrow_demo() { // As it turns out, combined with the abstraction facilities of Rust, this is a very powerful mechanism // to tackle many problems beyond basic memory safety. You will see some examples for this soon. -//@ [index](main.html) | [previous](part03.html) | [next](part05.html) +//@ [index](main.html) | [previous](part03.html) | [raw source](https://www.ralfj.de/git/rust-101.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/workspace/src/part04.rs) | [next](part05.html)