# Rust syntax for Cell/RefCell

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/rust-syntax-for-cell-refcell/23714>\
**Category:** language design\
**Created:** [November 15, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/rust-syntax-for-cell-refcell/23714 "2025-11-15T01:37:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ddystopia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/internals.rust-lang.org/ddystopia/32/10915_2.png) [@Ddystopia](https://internals.rust-lang.org/u/Ddystopia)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/rust-syntax-for-cell-refcell/23714/37 "2025-11-20T09:35:48Z")

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My biggest problem with Cell is that I generally can't use all those utilities available for usual primitive numbers. My concern is directly connected to [Improving usability of having many nearly-identical methods - #10 by Vorpal](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/improving-usability-of-having-many-nearly-identical-methods/23712/10) , as it is a general pattern in Rust - when something is not ergonomic, we will just manually add methods to make something easier. And sometimes something gets missed, like `Cell`.

Thus, language support for Cell would help Cell and I would be glad about it.

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