Added parent accessor to Ref and OwnedRef

Fortune for parapop's current commit: Small curse − 小凶

src/lib.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{
     AtomicBool,
     AtomicUsize,
 };
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::mem::{self, MaybeUninit};
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
@@ -227,12 +228,12 @@ impl<'a, T> Populator<'a, T>
 	}
     }
 
-    /// Consume into a reference to a specific index in the populator, whether it exists or not.
+    /// Consume an atomic reference-counted instance of a populator array into a reference to a specific index in the populator, whether it exists or not.
     ///
     /// # Panics
     /// If the index is out of bounds
     #[inline]
-    pub fn into_ref(self: std::sync::Arc<Self>, idx: usize) -> OwnedRef<'a, T>
+    pub fn into_ref(self: Arc<Self>, idx: usize) -> OwnedRef<'a, T>
     {
 	OwnedRef {
 	    pop: self,

src/refer.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 //! Single-index references.
 use super::*;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 
-#[derive(Debug)] // PartialEq, PartialOrd
+#[derive(Debug)] // PartialEq, PartialOrd ///XXX: TODO: Should this be Clone (and maybe even Copy)? Check OwnedRef below...
 pub struct Ref<'re, 'a, T: 'a>
 {
     pub(super) pop: &'re Populator<'a, T>,
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ pub struct Ref<'re, 'a, T: 'a>
     //TODO:   OR: Hold a reference to the actual AtomicBool at `idx` itself?
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)] // PartialEq, PartialOrd //XXX: TODO: Should this actually be `Clone`? Ref isn't, because its supposed to be a single reference. But since this is arc'd?
 pub struct OwnedRef<'a, T: 'a> // PartialEq, PartialOrd
 {
     pub(super) pop: Arc<Populator<'a, T>>,
@@ -63,6 +62,12 @@ impl<'re, 'a, T: 'a> PartialOrd for Ref<'re, 'a, T>
 
 impl<'re, 'a, T: 'a> Ref<'re, 'a, T>
 {
+    /// Get a reference to the parent populator
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn parent(&self) -> &Populator<'a, T>
+    {
+	&self.pop
+    }
     /// The index that this `Ref` refers to.
     #[inline]
     pub fn slot(&self) -> usize
@@ -92,10 +97,30 @@ impl<'re, 'a, T: 'a> Ref<'re, 'a, T>
     {
 	self.pop.insert(self.idx, value)
     }
+    
+    /// Consume into the inner populator reference and slot index
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (&'re Populator<'a, T>, usize)
+    {
+	(self.pop, self.idx)
+    }
+    
+    /// Consume into the inner populator reference
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> &'re Populator<'a, T>
+    {
+	self.pop
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a,  T:'a> OwnedRef<'a, T>
 {
+    /// Get a reference to the parent `Arc`.
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn parent(&self) -> &Arc<Populator<'a, T>>
+    {
+	&self.pop
+    }
     /// The index that this `Ref` refers to.
     #[inline]
     pub fn slot(&self) -> usize
@@ -126,6 +151,13 @@ impl<'a,  T:'a> OwnedRef<'a, T>
 	self.pop.insert(self.idx, value)
     }
 
+    /// Consume into the inner populator and slot index
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (Arc<Populator<'a, T>>, usize)
+    {
+	(self.pop, self.idx)
+    }
+    
     /// Consume into the inner populator
     #[inline]
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> Arc<Populator<'a, T>>