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Hands-On Functional Programming in Rust

You're reading from   Hands-On Functional Programming in Rust Build modular and reactive applications with functional programming techniques in Rust 2018

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788839358
Length 249 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Functional Programming – a Comparison 2. Functional Control Flow FREE CHAPTER 3. Functional Data Structures 4. Generics and Polymorphism 5. Code Organization and Application Architecture 6. Mutability, Ownership, and Pure Functions 7. Design Patterns 8. Implementing Concurrency 9. Performance, Debugging, and Metaprogramming 10. Assessments 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Mutability, Ownership, and Pure Functions

  1. What does Rc stand for?

Rc stands for Reference Counted.

  1. What does Arc stand for?

Arc stands for Atomically Reference Counted.

  1. What is a weak reference?

A weak reference is a reference that is not reference counted or otherwise managed.

  1. Which superpowers are enabled in unsafe blocks?

In an unsafe block, you can dereference a raw pointer, call an unsafe function or method, access or modify a mutable static variable, or implement and unsafe trait.

  1. When will an object be dropped?

An object will be dropped when its owner is dropped or goes out of scope.

  1. What is the difference between lifetimes and ownership?

Lifetimes are a compile-time check. Ownership is a compile-time as well as runtime concept. Both concepts describe the tracking of variables, values, and whether and who uses them.

  1. How can you be sure that a function is...
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