Re: [PATCH 2/2] rust: arc: remove `ArcBorrow` in favour of `WithRef`

[Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:29:58 +0200
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:35 PM Wedson Almeida Filho
> <wedsonaf@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@microsoft.com>
> >
> > With GATs, we don't need a separate type to represent a borrowed object
> > with a refcount, we can just use Rust's regular shared borrowing. In
> > this case, we use `&WithRef<T>` instead of `ArcBorrow<'_, T>`.
> >
> > Co-developed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@microsoft.com>  
> 
> I wonder whether "WithArc" is a better name? After all, arc is short
> for "atomic refcount".
> I also think it's nice to include Arc in the name of the type.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Or just call it with `WithRc` -- we don't use `aloc::rc::Rc` in the
kernel so there's no need to emphasis that this one is atomic :)

I personally think the `WithRef` name is fine, we have a smart pointer
called `ARef` after all :)

Best,
Gary