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---
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date: 20200929
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id: 16e7cc98-b9fb-40c3-b2cf-41d3035275be
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title: RefCell\<T\>
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---
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# Introduction
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*Interior mutability* is a design pattern in Rust that allows you to
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mutate data even when there are immutable references to that data;
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normally, this action is disallowed by the borrowing rules. To mutate
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data, the pattern uses `unsafe` code inside a data structure to bend
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Rust’s usual rules that govern mutation and borrowing. We can use types
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that use the interior mutability pattern when we can ensure that the
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borrowing rules will be followed at runtime, even though the compiler
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can’t guarantee that. The `unsafe` code involved is then wrapped in a
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safe API, and the outer type is still immutable.
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# Reason to choose RefCell\<T\>
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Because `RefCell<T>` allows mutable borrows checked at runtime, you can
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mutate the value inside the `RefCell<T>` even when the `RefCell<T>` is
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immutable.
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# Example
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This won't compile:
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``` rust
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fn main() {
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let x = 5;
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let y = &mut x;
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}
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```
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This will:
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``` rust
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#[derive(Debug)]
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enum List {
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Cons(Rc<RefCell<i32>>, Rc<List>),
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Nil,
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}
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use crate::List::{Cons, Nil};
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use std::cell::RefCell;
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use std::rc::Rc;
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fn main() {
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let value = Rc::new(RefCell::new(5));
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let a = Rc::new(Cons(Rc::clone(&value), Rc::new(Nil)));
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let b = Cons(Rc::new(RefCell::new(3)), Rc::clone(&a));
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let c = Cons(Rc::new(RefCell::new(4)), Rc::clone(&a));
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*value.borrow_mut() += 10;
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println!("a after = {:?}", a);
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println!("b after = {:?}", b);
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println!("c after = {:?}", c);
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}
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```
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