borrowwhatnow

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   by borrowwhatnow 11y ago

   True, but pointers don't have destructors in C++ or Rust, I think (and in C, there are no destructors at all, obvs).
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   by borrowwhatnow 11y ago

   I think I disagree with the "your code would be nutty in C" comment. Since C requires all variables to be declared at the top of the scope, and the order of declaration doesn't matter for purposes of allocation, there's
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   by borrowwhatnow 11y ago

   Well, that whole "ref" thing just shows my ignorance of Rust. Thanks for the information. > That would leave 'ref' dangling, if even for a moment, like here. That'd be bad. I'm not sure I agree that it would
4. 4.▲
   by borrowwhatnow 11y ago

   > I'll assume you meant 'ref = &x' in your example. I did, thanks.
5. 5.▲
   by borrowwhatnow 11y ago

   Congrats! I've been excited about Rust for a while now, and this gives me a good reason to look into it a bit more. A quick question, though, if it's appropriate in this context: It seems to me that the borrow checker disallows be