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Ptr <: Ref #28806
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I was surprised to find out that
Ptr{T} <: Ref{T}
. I'm guessing that there's a reason for this, but it complicates a key conceptual aspect ofRef
s:Granted, the above statement remains true for anything constructed with
Ref(...)
, but the problem remains that something which, under the type system, is aRef{T}
, could violate those guarantees by concretely being aPtr{T}
(as opposed to e.g. aBase.RefValue{T}
).The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: