Catherine is relatively known in the Rust community, hence why I didn't mention ...

holy_city · on May 30, 2019

Ah ok had to skim through the slides a bit, I think you meant to use the phrase "generational indexes" which is why googling didn't help me. This project was more helpful for my understanding:

https://github.com/fitzgen/generational-arena

I'm not sure what your ultimate point was though? You don't have to use anything like that in normal Rust code

pjmlp · on May 31, 2019

Only if you understand by normal Rust code, CLI apps.

If we are talking about graphical applications, that would be a common usage.