Crate koto_memory

Memory management utilities for Koto

Currently, only reference-counted pointers without cycle detection are implemented. The intent is that this crate can be expanded in the future with implementations of Ptr and PtrMut that offer alternative memory management strategies.

Making custom GC types that support trait objects or other DSTs is currently only possible with nightly Rust, while the stabilization of DST custom coercions is pending

Until then, GC implementations for Ptr/PtrMut could be introduced with a nightly-only feature.

Macros

make_ptr

Makes a Ptr, with support for casting to trait objects

make_ptr_mut

Makes a PtrMut, with support for casting to trait objects

Structs

Address

A wrapper for comparing and hashing pointer addresses

Borrow

An immutably borrowed reference to a value borrowed from a PtrMut

BorrowMut

A mutably borrowed reference to a value borrowed from a PtrMut

KCell

A mutable value with borrowing checked at runtime

Ptr

An immutable pointer to a value in allocated memory

Type Aliases

PtrMut

A mutable pointer to a value in allocated memory