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use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
use std::vec::Vec;
/// A simple arena allocator for byte buffers.
pub struct Stash {
buffers: UnsafeCell<Vec<Vec<u8>>>,
}
impl Stash {
pub fn new() -> Stash {
Stash {
buffers: UnsafeCell::new(Vec::new()),
}
}
/// Allocates a buffer of the specified size and returns a mutable reference
/// to it.
pub fn allocate(&self, size: usize) -> &mut [u8] {
// SAFETY: this is the only function that ever constructs a mutable
// reference to `self.buffers`.
let buffers = unsafe { &mut *self.buffers.get() };
let i = buffers.len();
buffers.push(vec![0; size]);
// SAFETY: we never remove elements from `self.buffers`, so a reference
// to the data inside any buffer will live as long as `self` does.
&mut buffers[i]
}
}