Struct Ref 

pub struct Ref<'a, T> { /* private fields */ }

A borrowed handle: a view of an object owned by something else.

The C ABI hands out interior pointers for struct fields and vector elements (&self->field, &self->vec[i]). Those must never be freed, so they cannot be represented by the owning handle types, which all implement Drop. Ref wraps one in ManuallyDrop and ties it to the parent’s lifetime, so it neither frees nor outlives its owner.

Derefs to the underlying type, so it is used exactly like &T.

Trait Implementations

impl<T: Debug> Debug for Ref<'_, T>

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<T> Deref for Ref<'_, T>

type Target = T

The resulting type after dereferencing.

fn deref(&self) -> &T

Dereferences the value.