Document dropck

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading RFC 0769 and RFC 1238 to understand the dropck rule and its updates, then locate the relevant ownership or destructor section in the Rust Reference. Done means the subtle safety rule is explained clearly with appropriate links and examples if needed.

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Description

C-bug

We currently don't document the rather subtle dropck rule, which ensures that destructors parameterized over lifetimes are safe.

dropck was defined in RFC 0769, and updated in RFC 1238.

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