Crate arref

Getting mutable references to two elements from the same array is hard. This tiny lib provides method to make it easier.

array_mut_ref! checks whether the user borrows the same element at runtime.

use arref::array_mut_ref;
let mut arr = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
let (a, b) = array_mut_ref!(&mut arr, [1, 2]);
assert_eq!(*a, 2);
assert_eq!(*b, 3);
let (a, b, c) = array_mut_ref!(&mut arr, [1, 2, 0]);
assert_eq!(*c, 1);

// ⚠️ The following code will panic. Because we borrow the same element twice.
// let (a, b) = array_mut_ref!(&mut arr, [1, 1]);

Alternatively, you can use mut_twice. It won’t panic if you borrow the same element twice. It’ll return an Err(&mut T) instead.

use arref::mut_twice;
let mut arr = vec![1, 2, 3];
let (a, b) = mut_twice(&mut arr, 1, 2).unwrap();
assert_eq!(*a, 2);
assert_eq!(*b, 3);
let result = mut_twice(&mut arr, 1, 1);
assert!(result.is_err());
if let Err(v) = result {
    assert_eq!(*v, 2);
}

Macros

array_mut_ref

It checks whether borrowing the same element at runtime, if so it’ll panic.

Functions

mut_twice

Get mutable references to two elements from the array.