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Re:Rust Ownership Rules by yangl1996 on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:40AM (#22464767)
Rust compiler forbids multiple threads to access the same memory location not protected by a Mutex.
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Re:Rust Ownership Rules by hexaga on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:49AM (#22464832)
That is, only when said memory location is accessed mutably. Immutable references are perfectly ok to follow concurrently.
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