Box

Rust-like Box for TypeScript

npm i @hazae41/box

Node Package 📦

Features

Current features

• 100% TypeScript and ESM
• No external dependencies
• Similar to Rust
• Can hold data
• Unit-tested
• Uses Result from @hazae41/result

Usage

The Box<T extends Disposable> will:

• hold a disposable object T
• only dispose the object if it still owns it
• no longer own it if the box is moved

import { Box } from "@hazae41/box"

class D {
  [Symbol.dispose]() { 
    console.log("it should only happen once")
  }
}

/**
 * At the end of this block, D will only be disposed once
 */
{
  using box = new Box(new D())
  using box2 = box.move()
}