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diff --git a/Creating a reference to a variable is called borrowing.md b/Creating a reference to a variable is called borrowing.md index 245d060..2790d63 100644 --- a/Creating a reference to a variable is called borrowing.md +++ b/Creating a reference to a variable is called borrowing.md @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Creating a reference is done with an ampersand. It creates a pointer to another variable in the stack, which could be a pointer to something on the heap. -This is called borrowing. +This is called borrowing. ( Borrow, but not own, its heap data so to speak? ) A reference is a non-owning pointer; so if we create a reference to a Box we can safely have it discarded and continue using the box because the heap data is not deallocated.
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