This article belongs to a series of posts about one of Rust's key concepts: Ownership. In this case, we're going to talk about Smart Pointers, which are a way to manage memory and resources efficiently in Rust.
What Are Smart Pointers?
A smart pointer is a data type that not only contains a memory address (like a traditional pointer), but also has additional capabilities that allow it to automatically manage memory and other resources. Unlike regular references (&T and &mut T), smart pointers implement the Deref trait and, in many cases, the Drop trait. This gives them the ability to behave like pointers while managing memory or resources more intelligently.
If you want to read the full article, you can find it on Codemotion.
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