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authorPushkar Sharma <thepsguy@icloud.com>2015-10-11 09:39:39 +0530
committerPushkar Sharma <thepsguy@icloud.com>2015-10-11 09:39:39 +0530
commit2b8fe51af6d03cbae2f5139b368006c80c9ff544 (patch)
tree4c783cd6f618022cf18917d9457f25634f9d3b8b
parent8592f261996855000d3d2241989ea5563c1bf8ec (diff)
Mention meaning of asterisk. Explain *ref_var2
Issue #1398
-rw-r--r--rust.html.markdown4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rust.html.markdown b/rust.html.markdown
index b2854b0c..d0c56b4a 100644
--- a/rust.html.markdown
+++ b/rust.html.markdown
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ fn main() {
// While a value is mutably borrowed, it cannot be accessed at all.
let mut var2 = 4;
let ref_var2: &mut i32 = &mut var2;
- *ref_var2 += 2;
+ *ref_var2 += 2; // '*' is used to point to the mutably borrowed var2
- println!("{}", *ref_var2); // 6
+ println!("{}", *ref_var2); // 6 , //var2 would not compile. //ref_var2 is of type &mut i32, so //stores a reference to an i32 not the value.
// var2 = 2; // this would not compile because `var2` is borrowed
}
```