// ./src/scope/borrow/mut.md #[allow(dead_code)] #[derive(Clone, Copy)] struct Book { // `&'static str` is a reference to a string allocated in read only memory author: &'static str, title: &'static str, year: u32, } // This function takes a reference to a book fn borrow_book(book: &Book) { println!("I immutably borrowed {} - {} edition", book.title, book.year); } // This function takes a reference to a mutable book and changes `year` to 2014 fn new_edition(book: &mut Book) { book.year = 2014; println!("I mutably borrowed {} - {} edition", book.title, book.year); } fn part0() { // Create an immutable Book named `immutabook` let immutabook = Book { // string literals have type `&'static str` author: "Douglas Hofstadter", title: "Gödel, Escher, Bach", year: 1979, }; // Create a mutable copy of `immutabook` and call it `mutabook` let mut mutabook = immutabook; // Immutably borrow an immutable object borrow_book(&immutabook); // Immutably borrow a mutable object borrow_book(&mutabook); // Borrow a mutable object as mutable new_edition(&mut mutabook); // Error! Cannot borrow an immutable object as mutable // new_edition(&mut immutabook); // FIXME ^ Comment out this line } pub fn main() { part0(); }