{
  "id": 11469318,
  "title": "[$] Beyond the &",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/beyond-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-02T15:11:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1096028/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rust has a number of kinds of smart pointers, both in the standard library and defined by users. Still, some operations that are possible with built-in references are not possible to perform with user-defined smart pointers. Tyler Mandry, lead of the Rust project's language team , spoke at RustConf 2026 about the lengthy effort to change that, and make smart pointers just as flexible as built-in…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}