Re: [PATCH] rust: bitmap: encourage using xarray/maple_tree instead of id_pool

From: Miguel Ojeda

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 06:08:09 EST


On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM Yury Norov <ynorov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ID pool is a user of bitmaps, not a part of it. If we move every
> random user to the bitmap directory, that would be an immediate
> maintenance burden on you, Burak and me. Not sure I'm a fan of
> this idea.

Splitting things into more independent modules is usually fine, yeah.

I don't see why we would need a `lib/`, though.

Hmm... If what we want is to avoid having `id_pool` as part of
`bitmap`, then can we add the documentation paragraph added here
instead?

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel