Crate ref_extended

Ref Extended

Extends lifetime of reference to same as lifetime of value by shortening entire program lifetime

When it is useful?

1. You are doing programming without heap allocation (such as embed programming), and don’t want to use static.
2. You run some diverging functions which exit process itself without returning.

Example

let mut a = 2_i32; // The lifetime of value itself(not reference) is 'static
ref_extended!(&mut a); // Extends lifetime of reference to lifetime of value ('static)

// This compiles
identity::<&'static i32>(a);

// Process abort if function containing this extended reference try to return or panic

Macros

pin_ref_extended

Pin value to stack and safely extends lifetime of reference as long as lifetime of it’s value

ref_extended

Safely extends lifetime of reference as long as lifetime of it’s value

Structs

RefExtended

This struct extends reference of value as long as lifetime of value