pub struct Weak<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator = Global> { /* private fields */ }
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Weak
is a version of Rc
that holds a non-owning reference to the
managed allocation. The allocation is accessed by calling upgrade
on the Weak
pointer, which returns an Option<Rc<T>>
.
Since a Weak
reference does not count towards ownership, it will not
prevent the value stored in the allocation from being dropped, and Weak
itself makes no
guarantees about the value still being present. Thus it may return None
when upgrade
d. Note however that a Weak
reference does prevent the allocation
itself (the backing store) from being deallocated.
A Weak
pointer is useful for keeping a temporary reference to the allocation
managed by Rc
without preventing its inner value from being dropped. It is also used to
prevent circular references between Rc
pointers, since mutual owning references
would never allow either Rc
to be dropped. For example, a tree could
have strong Rc
pointers from parent nodes to children, and Weak
pointers from children back to their parents.
The typical way to obtain a Weak
pointer is to call Rc::downgrade
.
Implementations§
source§impl<T, A: Allocator> Weak<T, A>
impl<T, A: Allocator> Weak<T, A>
source§impl<T: ?Sized> Weak<T>
impl<T: ?Sized> Weak<T>
1.45.0 · sourcepub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: *const T) -> Self
pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: *const T) -> Self
Converts a raw pointer previously created by into_raw
back into Weak<T>
.
This can be used to safely get a strong reference (by calling upgrade
later) or to deallocate the weak count by dropping the Weak<T>
.
It takes ownership of one weak reference (with the exception of pointers created by new
,
as these don’t own anything; the method still works on them).
§Safety
The pointer must have originated from the into_raw
and must still own its potential
weak reference, and ptr
must point to a block of memory allocated by the global allocator.
It is allowed for the strong count to be 0 at the time of calling this. Nevertheless, this
takes ownership of one weak reference currently represented as a raw pointer (the weak
count is not modified by this operation) and therefore it must be paired with a previous
call to into_raw
.
§Examples
use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
let strong = Rc::new("hello".to_owned());
let raw_1 = Rc::downgrade(&strong).into_raw();
let raw_2 = Rc::downgrade(&strong).into_raw();
assert_eq!(2, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
assert_eq!("hello", &*unsafe { Weak::from_raw(raw_1) }.upgrade().unwrap());
assert_eq!(1, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
drop(strong);
// Decrement the last weak count.
assert!(unsafe { Weak::from_raw(raw_2) }.upgrade().is_none());
Runsource§impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator> Weak<T, A>
impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator> Weak<T, A>
1.45.0 · sourcepub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const T
pub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const T
Returns a raw pointer to the object T
pointed to by this Weak<T>
.
The pointer is valid only if there are some strong references. The pointer may be dangling,
unaligned or even null
otherwise.
§Examples
use std::rc::Rc;
use std::ptr;
let strong = Rc::new("hello".to_owned());
let weak = Rc::downgrade(&strong);
// Both point to the same object
assert!(ptr::eq(&*strong, weak.as_ptr()));
// The strong here keeps it alive, so we can still access the object.
assert_eq!("hello", unsafe { &*weak.as_ptr() });
drop(strong);
// But not any more. We can do weak.as_ptr(), but accessing the pointer would lead to
// undefined behaviour.
// assert_eq!("hello", unsafe { &*weak.as_ptr() });
Run1.45.0 · sourcepub fn into_raw(self) -> *const T
pub fn into_raw(self) -> *const T
Consumes the Weak<T>
and turns it into a raw pointer.
This converts the weak pointer into a raw pointer, while still preserving the ownership of
one weak reference (the weak count is not modified by this operation). It can be turned
back into the Weak<T>
with from_raw
.
The same restrictions of accessing the target of the pointer as with
as_ptr
apply.
§Examples
use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
let strong = Rc::new("hello".to_owned());
let weak = Rc::downgrade(&strong);
let raw = weak.into_raw();
assert_eq!(1, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
assert_eq!("hello", unsafe { &*raw });
drop(unsafe { Weak::from_raw(raw) });
assert_eq!(0, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
Runsourcepub fn into_raw_and_alloc(self) -> (*const T, A)where
A: Clone,
🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (allocator_api
#32838)
pub fn into_raw_and_alloc(self) -> (*const T, A)where
A: Clone,
allocator_api
#32838)Consumes the Weak<T>
and turns it into a raw pointer.
This converts the weak pointer into a raw pointer, while still preserving the ownership of
one weak reference (the weak count is not modified by this operation). It can be turned
back into the Weak<T>
with from_raw
.
The same restrictions of accessing the target of the pointer as with
as_ptr
apply.
§Examples
use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
let strong = Rc::new("hello".to_owned());
let weak = Rc::downgrade(&strong);
let raw = weak.into_raw();
assert_eq!(1, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
assert_eq!("hello", unsafe { &*raw });
drop(unsafe { Weak::from_raw(raw) });
assert_eq!(0, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
Runsourcepub unsafe fn from_raw_in(ptr: *const T, alloc: A) -> Self
🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (allocator_api
#32838)
pub unsafe fn from_raw_in(ptr: *const T, alloc: A) -> Self
allocator_api
#32838)Converts a raw pointer previously created by into_raw
back into Weak<T>
.
This can be used to safely get a strong reference (by calling upgrade
later) or to deallocate the weak count by dropping the Weak<T>
.
It takes ownership of one weak reference (with the exception of pointers created by new
,
as these don’t own anything; the method still works on them).
§Safety
The pointer must have originated from the into_raw
and must still own its potential
weak reference, and ptr
must point to a block of memory allocated by alloc
.
It is allowed for the strong count to be 0 at the time of calling this. Nevertheless, this
takes ownership of one weak reference currently represented as a raw pointer (the weak
count is not modified by this operation) and therefore it must be paired with a previous
call to into_raw
.
§Examples
use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
let strong = Rc::new("hello".to_owned());
let raw_1 = Rc::downgrade(&strong).into_raw();
let raw_2 = Rc::downgrade(&strong).into_raw();
assert_eq!(2, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
assert_eq!("hello", &*unsafe { Weak::from_raw(raw_1) }.upgrade().unwrap());
assert_eq!(1, Rc::weak_count(&strong));
drop(strong);
// Decrement the last weak count.
assert!(unsafe { Weak::from_raw(raw_2) }.upgrade().is_none());
Runsourcepub fn upgrade(&self) -> Option<Rc<T, A>>where
A: Clone,
pub fn upgrade(&self) -> Option<Rc<T, A>>where
A: Clone,
Attempts to upgrade the Weak
pointer to an Rc
, delaying
dropping of the inner value if successful.
Returns None
if the inner value has since been dropped.
§Examples
use std::rc::Rc;
let five = Rc::new(5);
let weak_five = Rc::downgrade(&five);
let strong_five: Option<Rc<_>> = weak_five.upgrade();
assert!(strong_five.is_some());
// Destroy all strong pointers.
drop(strong_five);
drop(five);
assert!(weak_five.upgrade().is_none());
Run1.41.0 · sourcepub fn strong_count(&self) -> usize
pub fn strong_count(&self) -> usize
Gets the number of strong (Rc
) pointers pointing to this allocation.
If self
was created using Weak::new
, this will return 0.
1.41.0 · sourcepub fn weak_count(&self) -> usize
pub fn weak_count(&self) -> usize
Gets the number of Weak
pointers pointing to this allocation.
If no strong pointers remain, this will return zero.
1.39.0 · sourcepub fn ptr_eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool
pub fn ptr_eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool
Returns true
if the two Weak
s point to the same allocation similar to ptr::eq
, or if
both don’t point to any allocation (because they were created with Weak::new()
). However,
this function ignores the metadata of dyn Trait
pointers.
§Notes
Since this compares pointers it means that Weak::new()
will equal each
other, even though they don’t point to any allocation.
§Examples
use std::rc::Rc;
let first_rc = Rc::new(5);
let first = Rc::downgrade(&first_rc);
let second = Rc::downgrade(&first_rc);
assert!(first.ptr_eq(&second));
let third_rc = Rc::new(5);
let third = Rc::downgrade(&third_rc);
assert!(!first.ptr_eq(&third));
RunComparing Weak::new
.
use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
let first = Weak::new();
let second = Weak::new();
assert!(first.ptr_eq(&second));
let third_rc = Rc::new(());
let third = Rc::downgrade(&third_rc);
assert!(!first.ptr_eq(&third));
RunTrait Implementations§
source§impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator + Clone> Clone for Weak<T, A>
impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator + Clone> Clone for Weak<T, A>
source§impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator> Drop for Weak<T, A>
impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator> Drop for Weak<T, A>
source§fn drop(&mut self)
fn drop(&mut self)
Drops the Weak
pointer.
§Examples
use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
struct Foo;
impl Drop for Foo {
fn drop(&mut self) {
println!("dropped!");
}
}
let foo = Rc::new(Foo);
let weak_foo = Rc::downgrade(&foo);
let other_weak_foo = Weak::clone(&weak_foo);
drop(weak_foo); // Doesn't print anything
drop(foo); // Prints "dropped!"
assert!(other_weak_foo.upgrade().is_none());
Run