pub struct IterMut<'a, T, O>{ /* private fields */ }
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§Exclusive Bit-Slice Iteration
This view iterates each bit in the bit-slice by exclusive proxy reference. It is
created by the BitSlice::iter_mut
method.
§Original
§API Differences
Because bitvec
cannot manifest &mut bool
references, this instead yields the
crate proxy reference. Because the proxy is a true type, rather than an
&mut
reference, its name must be bound with mut
in order to write through
it.
§Examples
use bitvec::prelude::*;
let bits = bits![mut 0, 1];
for mut bit in bits.iter_mut() {
*bit = !*bit;
}
assert_eq!(bits, bits![1, 0]);
Implementations§
source§impl<'a, T, O> IterMut<'a, T, O>
impl<'a, T, O> IterMut<'a, T, O>
sourcepub fn into_bitslice(self) -> &'a mut BitSlice<T::Alias, O> ⓘ
pub fn into_bitslice(self) -> &'a mut BitSlice<T::Alias, O> ⓘ
Views the underlying bit-slice as a subslice of the original data.
This consumes the iterator in order to avoid creating aliasing references between the returned subslice (which has the original lifetime, and is not borrowed from the iterator) and the proxies the iterator produces.
§Original
§Examples
use bitvec::prelude::*;
let bits = bits![mut 0, 0, 1, 1];
let mut iter = bits.iter_mut();
*iter.next().unwrap() = true;
assert_eq!(iter.into_bitslice(), bits![0, 1, 1]);
assert!(bits[0]);
pub fn into_slice(self) -> &'a mut BitSlice<T::Alias, O> ⓘ
.into_bitslice()
insteadsourcepub fn as_bitslice(&self) -> &BitSlice<T::Alias, O> ⓘ
pub fn as_bitslice(&self) -> &BitSlice<T::Alias, O> ⓘ
Views the remaining bit-slice that has not yet been iterated.
This borrows the iterator’s own lifetime, preventing it from being used while the bit-slice view exists and thus ensuring that no aliasing references are created. Bits that the iterator has already yielded are not included in the produced bit-slice.
§Original
§Examples
use bitvec::prelude::*;
let bits = bits![mut 0; 4];
let mut iter = bits.iter_mut();
*iter.next().unwrap() = true;
assert_eq!(iter.as_bitslice(), bits![0; 3]);
*iter.next().unwrap() = true;
assert_eq!(iter.as_bitslice(), bits![0; 2]);
assert_eq!(bits, bits![1, 1, 0, 0]);
pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &BitSlice<T::Alias, O> ⓘ
.as_bitslice()
insteadsource§impl<'a, T, O> IterMut<'a, T, O>
impl<'a, T, O> IterMut<'a, T, O>
sourcepub unsafe fn remove_alias(self) -> IterMutNoAlias<'a, T, O> ⓘ
pub unsafe fn remove_alias(self) -> IterMutNoAlias<'a, T, O> ⓘ
Removes a layer of ::Alias
tainting from the yielded item.
§Safety
You must consume the adapted iterator in a loop that does not allow multiple yielded items to exist in the same scope. Each yielded item must have a completely non-overlapping lifetime from all the others.
The items yielded by this iterator will not have an additional alias marker applied to them, so their use in an iteration sequence will not be penalized when the surrounding code ensures that each item yielded by the iterator is destroyed before the next is produced.
This adapter does not convert the iterator to use the
T::Mem
raw underlying type, as it can be applied to an
iterator over an already-aliased bit-slice and must preserve the
initial condition. Its only effect is to remove the additional
T::Alias
marker imposed by the mutable iterators.
Violating this requirement causes memory-unsafety and breaks Rust’s data-race guarantees.
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source§impl<'a, T, O> DoubleEndedIterator for IterMut<'a, T, O>
impl<'a, T, O> DoubleEndedIterator for IterMut<'a, T, O>
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impl<'a, T, O> Iterator for IterMut<'a, T, O>
§type Item = <usize as BitSliceIndex<'a, <T as BitStore>::Alias, O>>::Mut
type Item = <usize as BitSliceIndex<'a, <T as BitStore>::Alias, O>>::Mut
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