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A sendable reference type for objects not parked in a thread #21

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@mzabaluev

There are cases when an object can be sent to another thread as long as no other references to it exist in safe code.
Add a sendable reference type NewRef with the following features:

  • Derefs to the object
  • Implements Send
  • Does not implement Clone
  • A method or function, tentatively named park(), promotes a NewRef into Ref, effectively parking the object in the calling thread.

See some rationale in a comment on the GObject-introspection bug regarding thread-safety annotations.

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