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This project is not product ready. I am going to polish everything when GAT is on stable.
Self-Reference
A Self-Refernece Helper (Inspired From Selfie)
this crate provides safe access to its self-reference.
the main idea is not initializing references when object not pinned(which is not safe and makes many self-referenial crate more complex)
providing only pinned reference makes lot more easier to design self-referential object.
on self-reference
crate. you only can initialize reference object that has 'static
lifetime means always safe.
Initializing Reference Object
The major difference from other self-referential crate is initializing referential object.
you only can initialize reference object that has 'static
lifetime
let mut reference: = new;
pin_mut!;
// this is totally SAFE. this lowers `'static` lifetime into some other lifetime.
reference.get_ref;
Reset Mechanism
The only way to initialize reference object is using reset
method. remember!! you can use reset method when SelfReference
object is pinned.
let mut reference: = new;
pin_mut!;
// You can reset object to set referencial object to hold object itself.
reference.reset_unpin;
println!; // prints "self"