linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] rust: init: add support for arbitrary paths in init macros

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Message-ID: <a8105c9b-2a20-51c5-462c-4d28b8963051@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:02:53 -0300
From:   Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
To:     Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
Cc:     Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
        Andreas Hindborg <nmi@...aspace.dk>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] rust: init: add support for arbitrary paths in
 init macros

On 7/19/23 11:21, Benno Lossin wrote:
> Previously only `ident` and generic types were supported in the
> `{try_}{pin_}init!` macros. This patch allows arbitrary path fragments,
> so for example `Foo::Bar` but also very complex paths such as
> `<Foo as Baz>::Bar::<0, i32>`.
> 
> Internally this is accomplished by using `path` fragments. Due to some
> peculiar declarative macro limitations, we have to "forget" certain
> additional parsing information in the token trees. This is achieved by
> using the `paste!` proc macro. It does not actually modify the input,
> since no `[< >]` will be present in the input, so it just strips the
> information held by declarative macros. For example, if a declarative
> macro takes `$t:path` as its input, it cannot sensibly propagate this to
> a macro that takes `$($p:tt)*` as its input, since the `$t` token will
> only be considered one `tt` token for the second macro. If we first pipe
> the tokens through `paste!`, then it parses as expected.
> 
> Suggested-by: Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
> ---
> [...]
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>