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yaml
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r: 23509
b: refs/heads/master
c: 77b8144
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  23507: 5342288
v: v3

Author: pcwalton

[refs]

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 62be878ed1715650f080c3b113a85f73e7af0973
+refs/heads/master: 77b8144295fdc19bf7700e3db9551fd190ecebcb
 refs/heads/snap-stage1: e33de59e47c5076a89eadeb38f4934f58a3618a6
 refs/heads/snap-stage3: cd6f24f9d14ac90d167386a56e7a6ac1f0318195
 refs/heads/try: ffbe0e0e00374358b789b0037bcb3a577cd218be

trunk/src/libcore/result.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ pure fn get<T: copy, U>(res: result<T, U>) -> T {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get a reference to the value out of a successful result
+ *
+ * # Failure
+ *
+ * If the result is an error
+ */
+pure fn get_ref<T, U>(res: &a/result<T, U>) -> &a/T {
+    match *res {
+        ok(ref t) => t,
+        err(ref the_err) => unchecked {
+            fail fmt!("get_ref called on error result: %?", the_err)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the value out of an error result
  *