What is ownership and borrowing in Rust?

What is ownership in Rust?

Ownership in Rust is a set of rules that governs how memory is managed. Each value in Rust has a single owner, and when the owner goes out of scope, the value is dropped.

How does borrowing work in Rust?

Borrowing allows you to temporarily use a value without taking ownership. You can borrow a value as either mutable or immutable.

What are the rules for borrowing in Rust?

The main rules are: you can have either one mutable reference or any number of immutable references to a value at a time, but not both.

Can you give an example of ownership and borrowing?

Sure! If you have a variable x, you can pass it to a function by ownership, or you can borrow it using references to avoid moving it.