Crate remote_ref

This library allows sharing references to objects across thread boundaries, even when those objects aren’t Send or Sync. The objects themselves are held in an ObjectStore struct that isn’t necessarily Send/Sync, and so the objects can still only be actually used on the owning thread.

This differs from some other crates such as fragile or send_wrapper in that the access rule is enforced at compile time, and that the ObjectStore (currently) requires an extra garbage collection function to be called manually.

Structs

ObjectRef

A reference to an object in an ObjectStore. This can be held in any thread, even if T isn’t Send or Sync, because in such a case, to access the object, you’ll still need to be on the thread owning the ObjectStore.

ObjectStore

A storage allowing references to objects that aren’t Send or Sync. The references (ObjectRefs) can be held in other threads, even if T isn’t Send or Sync, because in such a case, to access the object, you’ll still need to be on the thread owning the ObjectStore.