## What problem does this solve or what need does it fill?
There are some situations
(https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/13735) where the ticks that
are present inside `Ref` are incorrect, for example if `Ref` is created
outside of a `SystemParam`.
I still want to use `Ref` because it has convenient `is_added` and
`is_changed` methods.
My current solution is to build my own `Ref` by copy-pasting most the
bevy code to do that via something like
```rust
/// This method is necessary because there is no easy way to
pub(crate) fn get_ref<C: Component>(
world: &World,
entity: Entity,
last_run: Tick,
this_run: Tick,
) -> Ref<C> {
unsafe {
let component_id = world
.components()
.get_id(TypeId::of::<C>())
.unwrap_unchecked();
let world = world.as_unsafe_world_cell_readonly();
let entity_cell = world.get_entity(entity).unwrap_unchecked();
get_component_and_ticks(
world,
component_id,
C::STORAGE_TYPE,
entity,
entity_cell.location(),
)
.map(|(value, cells, _caller)| {
Ref::new(
value.deref::<C>(),
cells.added.deref(),
cells.changed.deref(),
last_run,
this_run,
#[cfg(feature = "track_location")]
_caller.deref(),
)
})
.unwrap_unchecked()
}
}
// Utility function to return
#[inline]
unsafe fn get_component_and_ticks(
world: UnsafeWorldCell<'_>,
component_id: ComponentId,
storage_type: StorageType,
entity: Entity,
location: EntityLocation,
) -> Option<(Ptr<'_>, TickCells<'_>, MaybeUnsafeCellLocation<'_>)> {
match storage_type {
StorageType::Table => {
let table = unsafe { world.storages().tables.get(location.table_id) }?;
// SAFETY: archetypes only store valid table_rows and caller ensure aliasing rules
Some((
table.get_component(component_id, location.table_row)?,
TickCells {
added: table
.get_added_tick(component_id, location.table_row)
.unwrap_unchecked(),
changed: table
.get_changed_tick(component_id, location.table_row)
.unwrap_unchecked(),
},
#[cfg(feature = "track_location")]
table
.get_changed_by(component_id, location.table_row)
.unwrap_unchecked(),
#[cfg(not(feature = "track_location"))]
(),
))
}
StorageType::SparseSet => {
let storage = unsafe { world.storages() }.sparse_sets.get(component_id)?;
storage.get_with_ticks(entity)
}
}
}
```
It would be very convenient if instead bevy exposed a way to create a
`Ref` object with custom `last_run` and `this_run` ticks.
This PR does this by exposing a function to overwrite the `last_run` and
`this_run` ticks.
(Same with `Mut`)
I am ok with marking the method unsafe or risky if it's deemed to risky
for end-users.
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