Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] rust: simplify `Adapter::id_info`

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> For this specific instance, it looks like it could just be
>
>     let level1 = VVec::<u8>::with_capacity(
>         level2.iter().count() * size_of::<u64>(),
>         GFP_KERNEL,
>     )?;
>     let level1 = map_into_lvl(&level2, level1)?;
>     SGTable::new(dev, level1, DataDirection::ToDevice, GFP_KENREL)?
>
> which IMO looks clearer.
>
> I suspect what people want is Elixir's pipe operator so the above is like this
> (non-existent, imaginary syntax):
>
>     VVec::<u8>::with_capacity(
>         level2.iter().count() * size_of::<u64>(),
>         GFP_KERNEL,
>     )?
>     |> map_into_lvl(&level2, _)?
>     |> SGTable::new(dev, _, DataDirection::ToDevice, GFP_KERNEL)?
>
> But I think keeping things as `Result` (and not using `?`) just to use the
> functional combinatiors is probably a bad idea.

Agreed -- I think when `?` is applicable, it can make things cleaner
to get things "out" of the type (and, after all, we did get the
"symbol soup" complaints about closures in the past... :).

Cheers,
Miguel