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Add more comprehensive crate level docs for bevy_ptr #12391

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Fixes #12301. Provide more comprehensive crate level docs for bevy_ptr, explaining it's methodology and design.

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Write out said docs.

@james7132 james7132 added C-Docs An addition or correction to our documentation A-Pointers Relating to Bevy pointer abstractions labels Mar 9, 2024
@james7132 james7132 marked this pull request as ready for review March 9, 2024 20:45
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Really awesome stuff: this is exactly the sort of writeup I was hoping for when I spun out that issue.

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This is some great documentation, but I have a few clarity and grammatical suggestions.

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[![Docs](https://docs.rs/bevy_ptr/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/bevy_ptr/latest/bevy_ptr/)
[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/691052431525675048.svg?label=&logo=discord&logoColor=ffffff&color=7389D8&labelColor=6A7EC2)](https://discord.gg/bevy)

The `bevy_ptr` crate provides low-level abstractions for working with pointers in a more safe way than using rust's raw pointers.
Pointers in computer programming, according to Wikipedia, are "objects in many programming languages that stores a memory address".
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Pointers in computer programming, according to Wikipedia, are "objects in many programming languages that stores a memory address".
A pointer, according to Wikipedia, is an "object in many programming languages that stores a memory address".

This fixes the plurality grammatical error where "stores" should be singular.

I would recommend rewriting this phrase, though. I don't think quoting Wikipedia is necessary here, especially with the "in many programming languages" part. It's implied that this is programming related, so the phrase is redundant.

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Agreed. Reworded this section.

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with them safer.

`bevy_ptr` is a crate that attempts to bridge the gap between the full blown unsafety of `*mut ()` and the safe `&'a T`, allowing users
to build progressively to choose what invariants to uphold.
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to build progressively to choose what invariants to uphold.
to choose which invariants to uphold.

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Reworded this ti be a bit clear what I meant here.

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Looks good, thank you!

@james7132 james7132 added the S-Ready-For-Final-Review This PR has been approved by the community. It's ready for a maintainer to consider merging it label Mar 12, 2024
@alice-i-cecile alice-i-cecile added this pull request to the merge queue Mar 12, 2024
Merged via the queue into bevyengine:main with commit b1d1077 Mar 12, 2024
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Explain the philosophy of bevy_ptr in crate docs
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