Re: [PATCH v3 08/13] rust: init: Add functions to create array initializers

From: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo
Date: Sat Aug 05 2023 - 13:16:38 EST


On 7/29/23 06:10, Benno Lossin wrote:
Add two functions `pin_init_array_from_fn` and `init_array_from_fn` that
take a function that generates initializers for `T` from usize, the added
functions then return an initializer for `[T; N]` where every element is
initialized by an element returned from the generator function.

Suggested-by: Asahi Lina <lina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@xxxxxxxxx>
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+/// Initializes an array by initializing each element via the provided initializer.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// use kernel::{error::Error, init::init_array_from_fn};
+/// let array: Box<[usize; 1_000_000_000]>= Box::init::<Error>(init_array_from_fn(|i| i)).unwrap();
+/// assert_eq!(array.len(), 1_000_000_000);
+/// ```

Ahh, nice!

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Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@xxxxxxxxx>