What happens when an Arc is cloned?

Question

I am learning concurrency and want to clarify my understanding on the following code example from the Rust book. Please correct me if I am wrong.

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Answer 1

[...] what is happening on let data = data.clone()?

Arc stands for Atomically Reference Counted. An Arc manages one object (of type T) and serves as a proxy to allow for shared ownership, meaning: one object is owned by multiple names. Wow, that sounds abstract, let's break it down!

Shared Ownership

Let's say you have an object of type Turtle