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Object Soup is Made of Indexes (jacko.io)
submitted 1 year ago by fettuccinecode@programming.dev to c/rust@programming.dev
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[–] huntrss@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. Can you provide a good link regarding generational index?

[–] Anders429@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was originally introduced to the idea by this RustConf 2018 keynote: https://kyren.github.io/2018/09/14/rustconf-talk.html. It's rather dense though.

I did find this random article that outlines just the concept of generational indices pretty concisely: https://lucassardois.medium.com/generational-indices-guide-8e3c5f7fd594

[–] huntrss@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks

[–] oconnor663@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That same keynote is linked in the last paragraph! :) The slotmap crate is also one option for generational indexes.

[–] Anders429@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, you're right! Somehow I missed that, good catch.