# Objective
Follow-up to #6404 and #8292.
Mutating the world through a shared reference is surprising, and it
makes the meaning of `&World` unclear: sometimes it gives read-only
access to the entire world, and sometimes it gives interior mutable
access to only part of it.
This is an up-to-date version of #6972.
## Solution
Use `UnsafeWorldCell` for all interior mutability. Now, `&World`
*always* gives you read-only access to the entire world.
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## Changelog
TODO - do we still care about changelogs?
## Migration Guide
Mutating any world data using `&World` is now considered unsound -- the
type `UnsafeWorldCell` must be used to achieve interior mutability. The
following methods now accept `UnsafeWorldCell` instead of `&World`:
- `QueryState`: `get_unchecked`, `iter_unchecked`,
`iter_combinations_unchecked`, `for_each_unchecked`,
`get_single_unchecked`, `get_single_unchecked_manual`.
- `SystemState`: `get_unchecked_manual`
```rust
let mut world = World::new();
let mut query = world.query::<&mut T>();
// Before:
let t1 = query.get_unchecked(&world, entity_1);
let t2 = query.get_unchecked(&world, entity_2);
// After:
let world_cell = world.as_unsafe_world_cell();
let t1 = query.get_unchecked(world_cell, entity_1);
let t2 = query.get_unchecked(world_cell, entity_2);
```
The methods `QueryState::validate_world` and
`SystemState::matches_world` now take a `WorldId` instead of `&World`:
```rust
// Before:
query_state.validate_world(&world);
// After:
query_state.validate_world(world.id());
```
The methods `QueryState::update_archetypes` and
`SystemState::update_archetypes` now take `UnsafeWorldCell` instead of
`&World`:
```rust
// Before:
query_state.update_archetypes(&world);
// After:
query_state.update_archetypes(world.as_unsafe_world_cell_readonly());
```
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