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15 changes: 9 additions & 6 deletions src/libcore/mem.rs
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Expand Up @@ -65,28 +65,31 @@ pub use intrinsics::transmute;
///
/// # Example
///
/// Leak some heap memory by never deallocating it.
///
/// ```rust
/// use std::mem;
///
/// // Leak some heap memory by never deallocating it
/// let heap_memory = Box::new(3);
/// mem::forget(heap_memory);
///```
/// ```
///
/// Leak an I/O object, never closing the file.
///
/// ```rust,no_run
/// use std::mem;
/// use std::fs::File;
///
/// // Leak an I/O object, never closing the file
/// let file = File::open("foo.txt").unwrap();
/// mem::forget(file);
///```
/// ```
///
/// The swap function uses forget to good effect.
///
///```rust
/// ```rust
/// use std::mem;
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// // The swap function uses forget
/// pub fn swap<T>(x: &mut T, y: &mut T) {
/// unsafe {
/// // Give ourselves some scratch space to work with
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