Introduce Rc::into_inner, as a parallel to Arc::into_inner

library/alloc/src/rc.rs

@@ -681,6 +681,24 @@ impl<T> Rc<T> {
             Err(this)
         }
     }
+
+    /// Returns the inner value, if the `Rc` has exactly one strong reference.
+    ///
+    /// Otherwise, [`None`] is returned and the `Rc` is dropped.
+    ///
+    /// This will succeed even if there are outstanding weak references.
+    ///
+    /// If `Rc::into_inner` is called on every clone of this `Rc`,
+    /// it is guaranteed that exactly one of the calls returns the inner value.
+    /// This means in particular that the inner value is not dropped.
+    ///
+    /// This is equivalent to `Rc::try_unwrap(...).ok()`. (Note that these are not equivalent for
+    /// `Arc`, due to race conditions that do not apply to `Rc`.)
+    #[inline]
+    #[unstable(feature = "rc_into_inner", issue = "106894")]
+    pub fn into_inner(this: Self) -> Option<T> {
+        Rc::try_unwrap(this).ok()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T> Rc<[T]> {

library/alloc/src/rc/tests.rs

@@ -151,6 +151,22 @@ fn try_unwrap() {
     assert_eq!(Rc::try_unwrap(x), Ok(5));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn into_inner() {
+    let x = Rc::new(3);
+    assert_eq!(Rc::into_inner(x), Some(3));
+
+    let x = Rc::new(4);
+    let y = Rc::clone(&x);
+    assert_eq!(Rc::into_inner(x), None);
+    assert_eq!(Rc::into_inner(y), Some(4));
+
+    let x = Rc::new(5);
+    let _w = Rc::downgrade(&x);
+    assert_eq!(Rc::into_inner(x), Some(5));
+}
+
+
 #[test]
 fn into_from_raw() {
     let x = Rc::new(Box::new("hello"));