Document options for !Sync types for Component and Resources (#6864)
# Objective It's not clear to users how to handle `!Sync` types as components and resources in the absence of engine level support for them. ## Solution Added a section to `Component`'s and `Resource`'s type level docs on available options for making a type `Sync` when it holds `!Sync` fields, linking `bevy_utils::synccell::SyncCell` and the currently unstable `std::sync::Exclusive`. Also added a compile_fail doctest that illustrates how to apply `SyncCell`. These will break when/if #6572 gets merged, at which point these docs should be updated.
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				| @ -110,6 +110,38 @@ use std::{ | ||||
| ///
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| /// [orphan rule]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch10-02-traits.html#implementing-a-trait-on-a-type
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| /// [newtype pattern]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-advanced-traits.html#using-the-newtype-pattern-to-implement-external-traits-on-external-types
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| ///
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| /// # `!Sync` Components
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| /// A `!Sync` type cannot implement `Component`. However, it is possible to wrap a `Send` but not `Sync`
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| /// type in [`SyncCell`] or the currently unstable [`Exclusive`] to make it `Sync`. This forces only
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| /// having mutable access (`&mut T` only, never `&T`), but makes it safe to reference across multiple
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| /// threads.
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| ///
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| /// This will fail to compile since `RefCell` is `!Sync`.
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| /// ```compile_fail
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| /// # use std::cell::RefCell;
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| /// # use bevy_ecs::component::Component;
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| /// #[derive(Component)]
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| /// struct NotSync {
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| ///    counter: RefCell<usize>,
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| /// }
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| /// ```
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| ///
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| /// This will compile since the `RefCell` is wrapped with `SyncCell`.
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| /// ```
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| /// # use std::cell::RefCell;
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| /// # use bevy_ecs::component::Component;
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| /// use bevy_utils::synccell::SyncCell;
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| ///
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| /// // This will compile.
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| /// #[derive(Component)]
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| /// struct ActuallySync {
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| ///    counter: SyncCell<RefCell<usize>>,
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| /// }
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| /// ```
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| ///
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| /// [`SyncCell`]: bevy_utils::synccell::SyncCell
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| /// [`Exclusive`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/sync/struct.Exclusive.html
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| pub trait Component: Send + Sync + 'static { | ||||
|     type Storage: ComponentStorage; | ||||
| } | ||||
|  | ||||
| @ -89,6 +89,38 @@ use std::{ | ||||
| ///
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| /// This will most commonly occur when working with `SystemParam`s generically, as the requirement
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| /// has not been proven to the compiler.
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| ///
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| /// # `!Sync` Resources
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| /// A `!Sync` type cannot implement `Resource`. However, it is possible to wrap a `Send` but not `Sync`
 | ||||
| /// type in [`SyncCell`] or the currently unstable [`Exclusive`] to make it `Sync`. This forces only
 | ||||
| /// having mutable access (`&mut T` only, never `&T`), but makes it safe to reference across multiple
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| /// threads.
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| ///
 | ||||
| /// This will fail to compile since `RefCell` is `!Sync`.
 | ||||
| /// ```compile_fail
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| /// # use std::cell::RefCell;
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| /// # use bevy_ecs::system::Resource;
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| ///
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| /// #[derive(Resource)]
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| /// struct NotSync {
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| ///    counter: RefCell<usize>,
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| /// }
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| /// ```
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| ///
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| /// This will compile since the `RefCell` is wrapped with `SyncCell`.
 | ||||
| /// ```
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| /// # use std::cell::RefCell;
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| /// # use bevy_ecs::system::Resource;
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| /// use bevy_utils::synccell::SyncCell;
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| ///
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| /// #[derive(Resource)]
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| /// struct ActuallySync {
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| ///    counter: SyncCell<RefCell<usize>>,
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| /// }
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| /// ```
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| ///
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| /// [`SyncCell`]: bevy_utils::synccell::SyncCell
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| /// [`Exclusive`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/sync/struct.Exclusive.html
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| pub trait SystemParam: Sized { | ||||
|     type Fetch: for<'w, 's> SystemParamFetch<'w, 's>; | ||||
| } | ||||
|  | ||||
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