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Document const {} syntax for std::thread_local.
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It exists and is pretty cool. More people should use it.
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Nilstrieb committed Apr 27, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -134,10 +134,28 @@ impl<T: 'static> fmt::Debug for LocalKey<T> {
/// thread_local! {
/// pub static FOO: RefCell<u32> = RefCell::new(1);
///
/// #[allow(unused)]
/// static BAR: RefCell<f32> = RefCell::new(1.0);
/// }
/// # fn main() {}
///
/// FOO.with(|foo| assert_eq!(*foo.borrow(), 1));
/// BAR.with(|bar| assert_eq!(*bar.borrow(), 1.0));
/// ```
///
/// This macro supports a special `const {}` syntax that can be used
/// when the initialization expression can be evaluated as a constant.
/// This can enable a more efficient thread local implementation that
/// can avoid lazy initialization. For types that do not
/// [need to be dropped][crate::mem::needs_drop], this can enable an
/// even more efficient implementation that does not need to
/// track any additional state.
///
/// ```
/// use std::cell::Cell;
/// thread_local! {
/// pub static FOO: Cell<u32> = const { Cell::new(1) };
/// }
///
/// FOO.with(|foo| assert_eq!(foo.get(), 1));
/// ```
///
/// See [`LocalKey` documentation][`std::thread::LocalKey`] for more
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