Ergonomic ref-counting

[nikomatsakis]

Metadata
Owner(s)	@jkelleyrtp
Team(s)	compiler, lang, libs-api
Goal document	2024h2/ergonomic-rc

Summary

Deliver nightly support some solution to reduce the ergonomic pain of working with ref-counted and cheaply cloneable types.

Tasks and status

• [ ] Overall program management (@jkelleyrtp)
• [ ] Author RFC ()
• [ ] Design meeting (lang )
• [ ] RFC decision (lang, libs-api )
• [ ] Nightly implementation (@spastorino)
• [ ] Standard reviews (compiler )
• [ ] Blog post on Inside Rust

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