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+[[Pointer safety principle]]
+[[Aliasing is accessing the same data through different variables]]
+[[Downgrading a mutable reference]]
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+A reference that is mutable is created with `&mut` . They are safe because all permissions are dropped from the borrowed place so it can not be read while the reference exists. It is therefore not an alias. \ No newline at end of file