Re: [PATCH v6 06/20] rust: io: rename `Mmio` to `MmioOwned`

Daniel Almeida <[email protected]>
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> On 6 Jul 2026, at 09:44, Gary Guo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Most users would more commonly reach out to a view of `Mmio` rather than an
> owned instance of `Mmio`. Only implementor of `Io` like `Bar` or `IoMem`
> would need the owned version. Thus, rename `Mmio` to `MmioOwned` so that
> the name `Mmio` can be used for the view type instead.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
> 

Hmm.. thinking a bit more about this, shouldn’t the adjective precede the
noun? OwnedMmio would mimic the English language and there is already
precedence in RelaxedMmio.

— Daniel
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