Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] rust: pin-init: add `ptr_init` and `ptr_try_init` and recommend over `__init`
"Benno Lossin" <[email protected]>
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On Wed Jul 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM CEST, Gary Guo wrote: > The `__init` method is not designed to be a public API (existence of "__" > is a hint for this); but currently there is no other API that allows raw > initialization on pointers. Add `ptr_init` and `ptr_try_init` and recommend > people to use this instead if raw pointer initialization is needed. How about we call these two functions `raw_init` and `raw_try_init` respectively? I feel like that conveys the meaning of what they are doing much better. With that: Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <[email protected]> Cheers, Benno > Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]> > --- > rust/pin-init/examples/static_init.rs | 5 +++-- > rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)