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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] rust: init: add re-initialization functions
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 11:34 PM Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> wrote:
>
> Sometimes it is necessary to split allocation and initialization into
> two steps. One such situation is when reusing existing allocations
> obtained via `Box::drop_contents`. See [1] for an example.
> In order to support this use case add `re_[pin_]init` functions to the
> pin-init API. These functions operate on already allocated smart
> pointers that contain `MaybeUninit<T>`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/f026532f-8594-4f18-9aa5-57ad3f5bc592@proton.me/ [1]

I'm not a big fan of the name. Perhaps we can use a name similar to
`Box::write`?

Alice

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