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		yyyk2 on Nov 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lisp-stick on a Python Any sort of self-referential data structure, e.g. doubly linked lists.

p-e-w on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

Those can be implemented in Rust very easily by wrapping the recursive reference in a (safe) pointer type such as Box or Rc.

kazinator on Nov 15, 2022 | [–]

Well, which one? And how does that interoperate with code that chose the other?

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