RE: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support

[David Laight]

From: Linus Walleij
> Sent: 22 April 2021 11:03
...
> I go to patch 12/13 and I see things like this:
> 
> +/// A descriptor of wrapped list elements.
> +pub trait GetLinksWrapped: GetLinks {
> +    /// Specifies which wrapper (e.g., `Box` and `Arc`) wraps the list entries.
> +    type Wrapped: Wrapper<Self::EntryType>;
> +}
> +
> +impl<T: ?Sized> GetLinksWrapped for Box<T>
> +where
> +    Box<T>: GetLinks,
> +{
> +    type Wrapped = Box<<Box<T> as GetLinks>::EntryType>;
> +}
> +
> +impl<T: GetLinks + ?Sized> GetLinks for Box<T> {
> +    type EntryType = T::EntryType;
> +    fn get_links(data: &Self::EntryType) -> &Links<Self::EntryType> {
> +        <T as GetLinks>::get_links(data)
> +    }
> +}
> 
> My God. Lose the horrible CamelCase to begin with. I hope the
> language spec does not mandate that because our kernel C style
> does not use it.

That:

1) Looks as though it could be generated by token pasting in a #define.
2) Seems to be full of what look like casts.

I really wouldn't want to bump into multiple copies of it.

The other issue is that (all most) all uses of a symbol
can be found by running:
   grep -r --include '*.[chsS]' '\<symbol\>' .
often used as:
   vi `grep -l -r '\<symbol\>' .`

But it looks like the rust wrappers are going to break that.

	David

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