Doc the benefits of Send for RcBox

crates/rc-box/README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ With the standard library types, you would use `get_mut` and have to handle the
 case where the value was shared. With the known unique versions, you have `DerefMut`,
 so it's as simple as mutating behind a `Box`.
 
+Also note that `RcBox`, unlike `Rc`, implements `Send` and `Sync`. An `RcBox` can be sent to
+another thread or stored in a shared collection, and then converted to an `Rc` for optimal
+single-threaded use. This works for `Rc<RefCell<T>` as well, since `RefCell` is `Send`.
+
 ## Related Crates
 
 - [`erasable`](https://lib.rs/crates/erasable): Erase pointers of their concrete type.

crates/rc-box/src/lib.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 //! With the standard library types, you would use `get_mut` and have to handle the impossible
 //! case where the value was shared. With the known unique versions, you have [`DerefMut`],
 //! so it's as simple as mutating behind a [`Box`].
+//!
+//! Also note that `RcBox`, unlike `Rc`, implements `Send` and `Sync`. An `RcBox` can be sent to
+//! another thread or stored in a shared collection, and then converted to an `Rc` for optimal
+//! single-threaded use. This works for `Rc<RefCell<T>` as well, since `RefCell` is `Send`.
 
 #![warn(missing_docs, missing_debug_implementations)]
 #![no_std]