Summary

Updated

October 31, 2026

Summary

Chapter Key Takeaways

  • References borrow data without transferring ownership.
  • Aliasing XOR Mutability: either multiple &T or exactly one &mut T.
  • Dangling references are prohibited at compile time.
  • Slices (&[T] and &str) provide fat-pointer views (pointer + length) into contiguous memory without allocation.