// Stack allocation (default in Rust)
let x = 42;           // on the stack

// Heap allocation with Box
let y = Box::new(42); // on the heap, like C# `new int(42)` (boxed)
println!("{}", y);     // auto-derefs: prints 42

// Common use: recursive types (can't know size at compile time)
#[derive(Debug)]
enum List {
    Cons(i32, Box<List>),  // Box gives a known pointer size
    Nil,
}

let list = List::Cons(1, Box::new(List::Cons(2, Box::new(List::Nil))));

// C# — everything on the heap already (reference types)
// Box<T> is only needed in Rust because stack is the default
var list = new LinkedListNode<int>(1);  // always heap-allocated

use std::rc::Rc;

// Multiple owners of the same data — like multiple C# references
let shared = Rc::new(vec![1, 2, 3]);
let clone1 = Rc::clone(&shared); // reference count: 2
let clone2 = Rc::clone(&shared); // reference count: 3

println!("Count: {}", Rc::strong_count(&shared)); // 3
// Data is dropped when last Rc goes out of scope

// Common use: shared configuration, graph nodes, tree structures

use std::sync::Arc;
use std::thread;

// Arc = Atomic Reference Counting — safe to share across threads
let data = Arc::new(vec![1, 2, 3]);

let handles: Vec<_> = (0..3).map(|i| {
    let data = Arc::clone(&data);
    thread::spawn(move || {
        println!("Thread {i}: {:?}", data);
    })
}).collect();

for h in handles { h.join().unwrap(); }

// C# — all references are thread-safe by default (GC handles it)
var data = new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 };
// Can share freely across threads (but mutation is still unsafe!)

use std::cell::RefCell;

// Sometimes you need to mutate data behind a shared reference.
// RefCell moves borrow checking from compile time to runtime.
struct Logger {
    entries: RefCell<Vec<String>>,
}

impl Logger {
    fn new() -> Self {
        Logger { entries: RefCell::new(Vec::new()) }
    }

    fn log(&self, msg: &str) { // &self, not &mut self!
        self.entries.borrow_mut().push(msg.to_string());
    }

    fn dump(&self) {
        for entry in self.entries.borrow().iter() {
            println!("{entry}");
        }
    }
}
// ⚠️ RefCell panics at runtime if borrow rules are violated
// Use sparingly — prefer compile-time checking when possible

use std::borrow::Cow;

// Sometimes you have a &str that MIGHT need to become a String
fn normalize(input: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
    if input.contains('\t') {
        // Only allocate when we need to modify
        Cow::Owned(input.replace('\t', "    "))
    } else {
        // Borrow the original — zero allocation
        Cow::Borrowed(input)
    }
}

let clean = normalize("hello");           // Cow::Borrowed — no allocation
let dirty = normalize("hello\tworld");    // Cow::Owned — allocated
// Both can be used as &str via Deref
println!("{clean} / {dirty}");

// C# — must remember to use 'using' or call Dispose()
using var file = File.OpenRead("data.bin");
// Dispose() called at end of scope

// Forgetting 'using' is a resource leak!
var file2 = File.OpenRead("data.bin");
// GC will *eventually* finalize, but timing is unpredictable

// Rust — Drop runs automatically when value goes out of scope
{
    let file = File::open("data.bin")?;
    // use file...
}   // file.drop() called HERE, deterministically — no 'using' needed

// Custom Drop (like implementing IDisposable)
struct TempFile {
    path: std::path::PathBuf,
}

impl Drop for TempFile {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        // Guaranteed to run when TempFile goes out of scope
        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&self.path);
        println!("Cleaned up {:?}", self.path);
    }
}

fn main() {
    let tmp = TempFile { path: "scratch.tmp".into() };
    // ... use tmp ...
}   // scratch.tmp deleted automatically here

let boxed: Box<String> = Box::new(String::from("hello"));

// Deref coercion chain: Box<String> → String → str
println!("Length: {}", boxed.len());   // calls str::len() — auto-deref!

fn greet(name: &str) {
    println!("Hello, {name}");
}

let s = String::from("Alice");
greet(&s);       // &String → &str via Deref coercion
greet(&boxed);   // &Box<String> → &String → &str — two levels!

// C# has no equivalent — you'd need explicit casts or .ToString()
// Closest: implicit conversion operators, but those require explicit definition