tokenlock

Provides a Send-able cell type whose contents can be accessed only via an inforgeable token.

Examples

let mut token = Token::new();

let lock = TokenLock::new(&token, 1);
assert_eq!(*lock.read(&token).unwrap(), 1);

let mut guard = lock.write(&mut token).unwrap();
assert_eq!(*guard, 1);
*guard = 2;

The lifetime of the returned reference is limited by both of the TokenLock and Token.

drop(lock); // compile error: cannot outlive `TokenLock`

drop(token); // compile error: cannot outlive `Token`

This also prevents from forming a reference to the contained value when there already is a mutable reference to it:

let write_guard = lock.write(&mut token).unwrap();
let read_guard = lock.read(&token).unwrap(); // compile error

While allowing multiple immutable references:

let read_guard1 = lock.read(&token).unwrap();
let read_guard2 = lock.read(&token).unwrap();

License: MIT/Apache-2.0