18.5 Other Collection Types in the Standard Library
Besides Vec<T>
, String
, and HashMap<K, V>
, Rust provides:
BTreeMap<K, V>
: A balanced tree map keeping keys in sorted order. Offers O(log n) for inserts and lookups.HashSet<T>
/BTreeSet<T>
: Store unique elements (hashed or sorted).VecDeque<T>
: A double-ended queue supporting efficient push/pop at both ends.LinkedList<T>
: A doubly linked list, efficient for inserting/removing at known nodes, but generally less cache-friendly than a vector.
All of these still follow Rust’s ownership and borrowing rules, so they are memory-safe by design.