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From: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
To: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
	"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
	"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
	"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
	"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
	"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@gmail.com>,
	"Dirk Behme" <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>,
	"Kartik Prajapati" <kartikprajapati987@gmail.com>,
	"Aliet Exposito Garcia" <aliet.exposito@gmail.com>
Cc: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rust: types: remove `Either<L, R>`
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 14:43:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250519124304.79237-1-lossin@kernel.org> (raw)

This enum is not used. Additionally, using it would result in poor
ergonomics, because in order to do any operation on a value it has to be
matched first. Our version of `Either` also doesn't provide any helper
methods making it even more difficult to use.

The alternative of creating a custom enum for the concrete use-case also
is much better for ergonomics. As one can provide functions on the type
directly and users don't need to match the value manually.

Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
---
 rust/kernel/types.rs | 18 ------------------
 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 86562e738eac..8830f8c2d12e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -556,24 +556,6 @@ fn drop(&mut self) {
     }
 }
 
-/// A sum type that always holds either a value of type `L` or `R`.
-///
-/// # Examples
-///
-/// ```
-/// use kernel::types::Either;
-///
-/// let left_value: Either<i32, &str> = Either::Left(7);
-/// let right_value: Either<i32, &str> = Either::Right("right value");
-/// ```
-pub enum Either<L, R> {
-    /// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `L`.
-    Left(L),
-
-    /// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `R`.
-    Right(R),
-}
-
 /// Zero-sized type to mark types not [`Send`].
 ///
 /// Add this type as a field to your struct if your type should not be sent to a different task.

base-commit: 22c3335c5dcd33063fe1894676a3a6ff1008d506
-- 
2.49.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-05-19 12:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-19 12:43 Benno Lossin [this message]
2025-05-19 17:14 ` [PATCH] rust: types: remove `Either<L, R>` Danilo Krummrich
2025-05-19 17:30 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-05-19 18:08   ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-05-19 18:12     ` Alice Ryhl
2025-05-19 18:23     ` Benno Lossin
2025-07-21 21:58       ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-07-21 21:59 ` Miguel Ojeda

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