Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] rust: num: add `into_inner` method to `Bounded`

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Thu Jan 29, 2026 at 12:43 AM JST, Gary Guo wrote:
> On Wed Jan 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM GMT, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
>> This is useful to access the inner value in const contexts.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
>> index b41ca6df1525..850827033f67 100644
>> --- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
>> +++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
>> @@ -388,6 +388,22 @@ pub fn get(self) -> T {
>>          *self.deref()
>>      }
>>  
>> +    /// Returns the wrapped value as the backing type.
>> +    ///
>> +    /// This is a const-friendly variant of [`Self::get`] that can be used in const contexts.
>> +    ///
>> +    /// # Examples
>> +    ///
>> +    /// ```
>> +    /// use kernel::num::Bounded;
>> +    ///
>> +    /// const V: u32 = Bounded::<u32, 4>::new::<7>().into_inner();
>> +    /// assert_eq!(V, 7u32);
>> +    /// ```
>> +    pub const fn into_inner(self) -> T {
>> +        self.0
>> +    }
>
> This is... just `get`.
>
> You can implement it (with the `fits_with_in` check) in the same manner as the
> const new.

But unfortunately doing so also prevents `get` from being called from
generic code, which is a must-have. Or am I misunderstanding your
suggestion?