pub struct ArcBorrow<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a>(/* private fields */);
Expand description
A “borrowed Arc
”. This is a pointer to
a T that is known to have been allocated within an
Arc
.
This is equivalent in guarantees to &Arc<T>
, however it is
a bit more flexible. To obtain an &Arc<T>
you must have
an Arc<T>
instance somewhere pinned down until we’re done with it.
It’s also a direct pointer to T
, so using this involves less pointer-chasing
However, C++ code may hand us refcounted things as pointers to T directly,
so we have to conjure up a temporary Arc
on the stack each time. The
same happens for when the object is managed by a OffsetArc
.
ArcBorrow
lets us deal with borrows of known-refcounted objects
without needing to worry about where the Arc<T>
is.
Implementations§
Source§impl<'a, T> ArcBorrow<'a, T>
impl<'a, T> ArcBorrow<'a, T>
Sourcepub unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: *const T) -> Self
pub unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: *const T) -> Self
For constructing from a pointer known to be Arc-backed, e.g. if we obtain such a pointer over FFI
§Safety
- The pointer to
T
must have come from a TriompheArc
,UniqueArc
, orArcBorrow
. - The pointer to
T
must have full provenance over theArc
,UniqueArc
, orArcBorrow
, in particular it must not have been derived from a&T
reference, as references immediately loose all provenance over the adjacent reference counts. As of this writing, of the 3 types, only Trimphe’sArc
offers a direct API for obtaining such a pointer:Arc::as_ptr
.
Sourcepub fn ptr_eq(this: &Self, other: &Self) -> bool
pub fn ptr_eq(this: &Self, other: &Self) -> bool
Compare two ArcBorrow
s via pointer equality. Will only return
true if they come from the same allocation
Sourcepub fn strong_count(this: &Self) -> usize
pub fn strong_count(this: &Self) -> usize
The reference count of the underlying Arc
.
The number does not include borrowed pointers,
or temporary Arc
pointers created with functions like
ArcBorrow::with_arc
.
The function is called strong_count
to mirror std::sync::Arc::strong_count
,
however triomphe::Arc
does not support weak references.