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How does Rust enforce thread safety using Send and Sync traits?
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
Send enables ownership transfer; Sync enables shared reference safety.
Deep explanation
Compiler ensures that non-thread-safe types cannot be shared across threads. Interior mutability types are restricted unless synchronized.
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