@@ -84,10 +84,27 @@ macro_rules! acquire {
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///
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/// Shared references in Rust disallow mutation by default, and `Arc` is no
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/// exception: you cannot generally obtain a mutable reference to something
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- /// inside an `Arc`. If you need to mutate through an `Arc`, use
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- /// [`Mutex`][mutex], [`RwLock`][rwlock], or one of the [`Atomic`][atomic]
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- /// types.
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+ /// inside an `Arc`. If you need to mutate through an `Arc`, you have several options:
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///
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+ /// 1. Use interior mutability with synchronization primitives like [`Mutex`][mutex],
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+ /// [`RwLock`][rwlock], or one of the [`Atomic`][atomic] types.
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+ ///
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+ /// 2. Use clone-on-write semantics with [`Arc::make_mut`] which provides efficient mutation
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+ /// without requiring interior mutability. This approach clones the data only when
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+ /// needed (when there are multiple references) and can be more efficient when mutations
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+ /// are infrequent.
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+ ///
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+ /// ```
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+ /// use std::sync::Arc;
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+ ///
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+ /// let mut data = Arc::new(vec![1, 2, 3]);
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+ ///
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+ /// // This will clone the vector only if there are other references to it
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+ /// Arc::make_mut(&mut data).push(4);
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+ ///
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+ /// assert_eq!(*data, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
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+ /// ```
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+ ///
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/// **Note**: This type is only available on platforms that support atomic
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/// loads and stores of pointers, which includes all platforms that support
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/// the `std` crate but not all those which only support [`alloc`](crate).
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