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What is `std::pin::Pin` in Rust?

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

The article provides a thorough explanation of Rust's Pin and the pinning concept, outlining why pinning matters for self-referential types and async futures, how Pin enforces non-movement of the pointee, and common constructors like Pin::new, pin!, Box::pin, and Pin::new_unchecked. It also covers Unpin and practical scenarios where pinning is relevant in Rust code, with code examples to illustrate the concepts.

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