rust-lang
Potential improvement in RefCell<T> and Rc<T> sentences
In the last paragraph of the Allowing Multiple Owners of Mutable Data with Rc<T> and RefCell<T> section, we have the following.
This technique is pretty neat! By using RefCell<T>, we have an outwardly immutable List value. But we can use the methods on RefCell<T> that provide access to its interior mutability so we can modify our data when we need to.
I find it odd that the book concludes this section by only discussing the role of RefCell<T> and not the Rc<T> part. To me, this would sound more natural as "By using Rc<T>", ... But we can also use the methods on RefCell<T> ... Was the first RefCell<T> meant to say Rc<T> instead? If not, I still feel like this part can be improved.
I'm happy to submit a PR if there's a need.
Yes, I can remember -- this is one of the sentences from the official books, that I had to read twice. I think it is correct -- what it says is, that RefCell<T> appears to be an immutable reference, but that type provides methods that still allow modifying the actual content. At least that was my interpretation after reading for the second time.
