Messages in this thread | | | From | Alice Ryhl <> | Date | Fri, 3 May 2024 13:34:59 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] rust: init: add re-initialization functions |
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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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