src/concurrency/shared-state/arc.md
ArcArc<T> allows shared, read-only ownership via Arc::clone:
# // Copyright 2024 Google LLC
# // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
#
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::thread;
/// A struct that prints which thread drops it.
#[derive(Debug)]
struct WhereDropped(Vec<i32>);
impl Drop for WhereDropped {
fn drop(&mut self) {
println!("Dropped by {:?}", thread::current().id())
}
}
fn main() {
let v = Arc::new(WhereDropped(vec![10, 20, 30]));
let mut handles = Vec::new();
for i in 0..5 {
let v = Arc::clone(&v);
handles.push(thread::spawn(move || {
// Sleep for 0-500ms.
std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500 - i * 100));
let thread_id = thread::current().id();
println!("{thread_id:?}: {v:?}");
}));
}
// Now only the spawned threads will hold clones of `v`.
drop(v);
// When the last spawned thread finishes, it will drop `v`'s contents.
handles.into_iter().for_each(|h| h.join().unwrap());
}
Arc stands for "Atomic Reference Counted", a thread safe version of Rc
that uses atomic operations.Arc<T> implements Clone whether or not T does. It implements Send and
Sync if and only if T implements them both.Arc::clone() has the cost of atomic operations that get executed, but after
that the use of the T is free.Arc does not use a garbage collector to detect
them.
std::sync::Weak can help.