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Add HashSet::get_or_insert_with_mut
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This function avoids unnecessairy work when the value to be stored can take ownership of the lookup key, such as when interning. It makes a stronger guarantee than `HashSet::get_or_insert_with`, since the reference given to `f` is guaranteed to be unique, and thus safe to mutate. The functionality of this function can already be achieved by (ab)using `UnsafeCell`, but that relies on the implementation detail that the `&Q` given to `f` is unique.
To be honest, the implementation of this, as well as the #[test]
fn some_invalid_insert() {
let mut set = HashSet::new();
set.insert(1);
set.get_or_insert_with(&2, |_| 1);
set.get_or_insert_with(&3, |_| 1);
assert_eq!(vec![&1, &1, &1], set.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>());
} Can you at least document it? |
Oh wow, nice catch! In hindsight, I would have not have expected this behavior from a (safe) function called // This code doesn't borrow-check :(
if let Some(result) = self.get(value) {
result
} else {
self.insert_unique_unchecked(f(value))
} On that note, we also probably want a As for
My two cents: 1, 2) These would be the safest option, but it seems overly cautious. There are already other safe functions like 3) A separate 4) This would be a lot more self-documenting, and there is precedent for this, but: 4, 5) These are hard ones... It could be argued that I will just add a comment for now mentioning the expected invariants. |
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This function avoids unnecessairy work when the value to be stored can take ownership of the lookup key, such as when interning. It makes a stronger guarantee than
HashSet::get_or_insert_with
, since the reference given tof
is guaranteed to be unique, and thus safe to mutate.The functionality of this function can already be achieved by (ab)using
UnsafeCell
, but that relies on the implementation detail that the&Q
given tof
is unique.