A growable array allowing for multiple mutable non overlapping regions from
the same Vec
.
toml
region_buffer = "0.1"
```rust use region_buffer::RegionBuffer; let mut buffer = RegionBuffer::new();
buffer.push(1); buffer.push(2);
assert_eq!(buffer.len(), 2);
let mut a = buffer.getmut(0); let mut b = buffer.getmut(1);
asserteq!(*a, 1); asserteq!(*b, 2);
*a = *b; *b = 3;
asserteq!(*a, 2);
asserteq!(*b, 3);
There is a `region_buffer` macro provided to make initialisation more
convenient.
rust
extern crate region_buffer;
fn main() { let strings = region_buffer!["Hello", "World", "!"];
let mut greeting = strings.get_mut(0);
let mut noun = strings.get_mut(1);
let mut punctuation = strings.get_mut(2);
*greeting = "Hallo";
*noun = "Peter";
*punctuation = ".";
let string = format!("{} {}{}", greeting, noun, punctuation);
assert_eq!(string, "Hallo Peter.")
}
The macro can also be used to specify and initialise large regions of
memory.
rust
extern crate region_buffer;
type Slice<'a> = region_buffer::Slice<'a, u8>;
fn main() { let memory = region_buffer![0; 0xFFFF];
let rom = memory.region(0, 0x800);
let gpu = memory.region(0x800, 0x1600);
let sound = memory.region(0x1600, 0x2400);
let ram = memory.region(0x2400, 0xFFFF);
let console = Console::new(rom, gpu, sound, ram);
} ```