From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: Add PowerPC support
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 14:06:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260204130653.GH2995752@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aYNBtc2Jbtg9sLIE@google.com>
On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 12:55:17PM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> Is there any reason to not make it Rust-only but for all Rust code?
> Making the / operator work seems like it would be a good idea.
Why would it be a good idea to have it work on non-native types in Rust?
The reason we don't have them in C is because non-native divisions are
expensive and doing them should be a conscious choice. The very same
argument should be true for Rust code too.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-04 13:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-04 3:05 [PATCH] rust: Add PowerPC support Link Mauve
2026-02-04 10:41 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-02-04 12:36 ` Gary Guo
2026-02-04 12:55 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-02-04 13:06 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2026-02-04 13:36 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-02-04 17:19 ` Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
2026-02-04 17:33 ` Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya
2026-02-04 19:42 ` Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
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