linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 2/2] rust: xarray: Add an abstraction for XArray

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Message-ID: <87pllvczag.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:39:51 +0100
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: "Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@...il.com>
Cc: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,  "Danilo Krummrich"
 <dakr@...nel.org>,  "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@...nel.org>,  "Alex Gaynor"
 <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,  "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>,  "Gary Guo"
 <gary@...yguo.net>,  Björn Roy Baron
 <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,  "Benno
 Lossin" <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,  "Trevor Gross" <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
  Maíra Canal <mcanal@...lia.com>,  "Asahi Lina"
 <lina@...hilina.net>,
  <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,  <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 2/2] rust: xarray: Add an abstraction for XArray

"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@...il.com> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 8:40 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:
>>
>> This coding style is pretty far in the functional programming camp
>> compared to the rest of Rust code in the kernel. I tend to stick with
>> a more imperative style to be more familiar to C folks.
>
> That's a fair assessment, but it's a subjective area -- Andreas was
> fond of the approach (in a preview review).

I am! Let's not restrict ourselves to a subset of rust that mimics a
language invented 40 years ago.

Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg