leptos/oco/README.md

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This module contains the `Oco` (Owned Clones Once) smart pointer,
which is used to store immutable references to values.
This is useful for storing, for example, strings.
Imagine this as an alternative to [`Cow`] with an additional, reference-counted
branch.
```rust
use oco_ref::Oco;
use std::rc::Rc;
let static_str = "foo";
let rc_str: Rc<str> = "bar".into();
let owned_str: String = "baz".into();
fn uses_oco(value: impl Into<Oco<'static, str>>) {
let mut value = value.into();
// ensures that the value is either a reference, or reference-counted
// O(n) at worst
let clone1 = value.clone_inplace();
// these subsequent clones are O(1)
let clone2 = value.clone();
let clone3 = value.clone();
}
uses_oco(static_str);
uses_oco(rc_str);
uses_oco(owned_str);
```