In this example, we’ll demonstrate how to use threads and channels in Rust to manage shared state. This approach aligns with Rust’s philosophy of safe concurrency and ownership.
Running our program shows that the thread-based state management example completes about 80,000 total operations.
For this particular case, the thread-based approach in Rust is more involved than a mutex-based one might be. However, it can be useful in certain scenarios, especially when dealing with multiple channels or when managing multiple mutexes would be error-prone. You should use whichever approach feels most natural, especially with respect to understanding the correctness of your program.
In Rust, this approach leverages the language’s strong guarantees about thread safety and data races. The Arc (Atomic Reference Counting) type is used to safely share the atomic counters between threads, and the crossbeam crate provides efficient channel implementations for inter-thread communication.