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yaml
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r: 56680
b: refs/heads/try
c: babe506
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: bors

[refs]

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 refs/heads/master: c081ffbd1e845687202a975ea2e698b623e5722f
 refs/heads/snap-stage1: e33de59e47c5076a89eadeb38f4934f58a3618a6
 refs/heads/snap-stage3: 79a2b2eafc3c766cecec8a5f76317693bae9ed17
-refs/heads/try: c08fb75dcd656707faf28264e93513da4606ea29
+refs/heads/try: babe50633349cd29f0a0757079e0e13bdc0310fa
 refs/tags/release-0.1: 1f5c5126e96c79d22cb7862f75304136e204f105
 refs/heads/ndm: f3868061cd7988080c30d6d5bf352a5a5fe2460b
 refs/heads/try2: 147ecfdd8221e4a4d4e090486829a06da1e0ca3c

branches/try/src/libcore/cell.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ pub impl<T> Cell<T> {
         self.put_back(v);
         r
     }
+
+    // Calls a closure with a mutable reference to the value.
+    fn with_mut_ref<R>(&self, op: &fn(v: &mut T) -> R) -> R {
+        let mut v = self.take();
+        let r = op(&mut v);
+        self.put_back(v);
+        r
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -101,3 +109,21 @@ fn test_put_back_non_empty() {
     let value_cell = Cell(~10);
     value_cell.put_back(~20);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_with_ref() {
+    let good = 6;
+    let c = Cell(~[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+    let l = do c.with_ref() |v| { v.len() };
+    assert!(l == good);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_with_mut_ref() {
+    let good = ~[1, 2, 3];
+    let mut v = ~[1, 2];
+    let c = Cell(v);
+    do c.with_mut_ref() |v| { v.push(3); }
+    let v = c.take();
+    assert!(v == good);
+}