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How does Rust enforce thread safety using Send and Sync traits at compile time?

Updated May 24, 2026

Short answer

Send allows transfer across threads; Sync allows shared reference access safely.

Deep explanation

These marker traits ensure that types are safe under concurrency. If a type contains non-thread-safe internal mutability, it cannot implement Send/Sync, preventing data races at compile time.

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