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by pjmlp 1125 days ago
Nope, someone has to manually type .clone() calls.
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IshKebab 1125 days ago
That's irrelevant (and barely different to having to type `=`). The salient point is that you don't need to manually call free/release.
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pjmlp 1125 days ago
That is more than relevant, otherwise we are comparing oranges to apples, pun intended.

Automatic Reference Counting.

Since = is the same as .clone() in character count?

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IshKebab 1124 days ago
Yes I'm aware that the A stands for Atomic in Rust, not Automatic. But it is still automatic because you do not need to increment and decrement the counter manually.

> Since = is the same as .clone() in character count?

Why does character count matter? I think you're getting a bit distracted from the point.

Will you need to manually free/release objects? No you will not.

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