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UnsafeCell

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the tutorial section on RefCell and the section on raw pointers, then read how those topics are currently explained. Add coverage of UnsafeCell in the most appropriate section and verify that the tutorial clearly explains its relationship to those topics.

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Description

new material

I want to cover UnsafeCell, and I think the tutorial on RefCell and/or raw pointers is the best place to do that.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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