Re: [PATCH v10 10/27] rust: add `macros` crate

From: Konstantin Shelekhin
Date: Tue Sep 27 2022 - 09:48:18 EST


On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 03:14:41PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
[...]
> For instance, the `module!` macro that is used by Rust modules
> is implemented here. It allows to easily declare the equivalent
> information to the `MODULE_*` macros in C modules, e.g.:
>
> module! {
> type: RustMinimal,
> name: b"rust_minimal",
> author: b"Rust for Linux Contributors",
> description: b"Rust minimal sample",
> license: b"GPL",
> }
[...]

I remember that there was a switch from &u8 to &str on master branch a
while ago. Why this patch was reverted? Strings are really better here.