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by wavemode 298 days ago
> `&own` references that take ownership of the object and free it when the reference goes out of scope

How can you free something if it's not allocated

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Sorry, yeah that phrasing was bad: I kinda think an "owning reference" is a contradiction in terms but I didn't come up with the idea.

What I meant was, creating a box creates a new allocation, whereas my understanding of &own would take over an existing allocation.