RE: [PATCH 1/7] rust: file: add Rust abstraction for `struct file`

[David Laight]

> > I don't know about Rust namespacing, but in other languages, how you
> > have to especify namespaces tend to be ***far*** more verbose than
> > just adding an O_ prefix.
> 
> In this case we already have the `flags` namespace, so I thought about
> just dropping the `O_` prefix altogether.

Does rust have a 'using namespace' (or similar) so that namespace doesn't
have to be explicitly specified each time a value is used?
If so you still need a hint about which set of values it is from.

Otherwise you get into the same mess as C++ class members (I think
they should have been .member from the start).
Or, worse still, Pascal and multiple 'with' blocks.

	David

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