Rust Container Cheat Sheet

Found this on Mastodon https://fosstodon.org/@dpom/112681955888465502 , and it is a very nice overview of the containers and their layout.

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Nice sheet, though I have a few critiques:

Why does it say where T: Sized for references &T? A reference can definitely point to an unsized type, e.g. &str.

The yellow boxes really mean "must be heap allocated" - all the other references (&T, &[T] and &dyn Trait) may either point to the stack or the heap.
- Why does it say where T: Sized for references &T? A reference can definitely point to an unsized type, e.g. &str.
  
  I think the point being made is that the layout shown only applies for Sized T. Layouts for &[T] and &dyn Trait are shown elsewhere on the sheet. &str is noted under &[T].
  
  Edit: although, similar considerations would apply to other pointer types, but that isn't noted on the sheet except for Box<[T]>
- Because when T is !Sized, the layout is different, it looks more like the layout of &[T].
This is outdatded. Mutexes don't allocate anymore. That's how Mutex::new can be const.