Update reference_counting example to have a shared mutable value

reference_counting/src/main.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
+#[derive(Debug)]
 enum List {
-    Cons(i32, Rc<List>),
+    Cons(Rc<RefCell<i32>>, Rc<List>),
     Nil,
 }
 
 use List::{Cons, Nil};
 use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 
 fn main() {
-    let a = Rc::new(Cons(5, Rc::new(Cons(10, Rc::new(Nil)))));
+    let value = Rc::new(RefCell::new(5));
-    println!("count after creating a = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
+
-    let _b = Cons(3, Rc::clone(&a));
+    let a = Rc::new(Cons(Rc::clone(&value), Rc::new(Nil)));
-    println!("count after creating b = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
+    println!("a before = {:?}", a);
-    {
+
-        let _c = Cons(4, Rc::clone(&a));
+    let b = Cons(Rc::new(RefCell::new(6)), Rc::clone(&a));
-        println!("count after creating c = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
+    println!("b before = {:?}", b);
-    }
+
-    println!("count after c goes out of scope = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
+    let c = Cons(Rc::new(RefCell::new(10)), Rc::clone(&a));
+    println!("c before = {:?}", a);
+
+    *value.borrow_mut() += 10;
+
+    println!("a after = {:?}", a);
+    println!("b after = {:?}", b);
+    println!("c after = {:?}", c);
 }