extern crate weak_table; use weak_table::WeakHashSet; use std::ops::Deref; use std::rc::{Rc, Weak}; #[derive(Clone, Debug)] pub struct Symbol(Rc); impl PartialEq for Symbol { fn eq(&self, other: &Symbol) -> bool { Rc::ptr_eq(&self.0, &other.0) } } impl Eq for Symbol {} impl Deref for Symbol { type Target = str; fn deref(&self) -> &str { &self.0 } } #[derive(Debug, Default)] pub struct SymbolTable(WeakHashSet>); impl SymbolTable { pub fn new() -> Self { Self::default() } pub fn intern(&mut self, name: &str) -> Symbol { if let Some(rc) = self.0.get(name) { Symbol(rc) } else { let rc = Rc::::from(name); self.0.insert(Rc::clone(&rc)); Symbol(rc) } } } #[test] fn interning() { let mut tab = SymbolTable::new(); let a0 = tab.intern("a"); let a1 = tab.intern("a"); let b = tab.intern("b"); assert_eq!(a0, a1); assert_ne!(a0, b); }