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Date: Tue, 05 May 2026 22:10:54 +0200
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To: "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>
From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: alloc: add Box::zeroed()
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On Tue May 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM CEST, Gary Guo wrote:
> On Tue May 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM BST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> On Tue May 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM CEST, Alice Ryhl wrote:
>>> I suspect some of these imports can be removed when you add the prelude=
.
>>
>> Yes, but I want to convert the imports separately, so keeping the change
>> minimal.
>
> So far we've been asking people to convert import styles whenever imports=
 are
> being touched. What's the reason for doing that in this specific case?

I will take this through the driver-core tree as a dependency; the import u=
pdate
for the alloc module will go through the alloc tree. A minimal change avoid=
s
unnecessary conflicts.