archery
A Rust library that abstracts over Rc and Arc smart pointers, enabling data structures with parameterizable pointer types.
What is archery?
Archery is a Rust library that provides abstraction over reference-counting smart pointers, specifically `Rc` and `Arc`. It allows developers to create data structures where the pointer type is parameterizable, enabling optimization by avoiding the overhead of thread-safe `Arc` when data doesn't need to be shared across threads.
Rust developers building data structures or libraries that need to support both single-threaded and multi-threaded reference counting without code duplication.
Developers choose Archery because it provides an ergonomic way to mimic higher-kinded polymorphism in Rust, offering better usability than alternative trait-based methods while maintaining performance and flexibility.
Overview
Abstract over the atomicity of reference-counting pointers in rust
Use Cases
Best For
- Creating generic data structures that can switch between Rc and Arc pointer types without changing implementation code
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