Re:Rust and the Future of Systems Programming [video]
by whyever on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:56AM
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> Is that how Rust does it?
No, safe Rust only has safe references, and that includes "this" ("self" in Rust). Because the lifetimes are part of the type, it does not require the runtime overhead of reference counting.
No, safe Rust only has safe references, and that includes "this" ("self" in Rust). Because the lifetimes are part of the type, it does not require the runtime overhead of reference counting.