Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] rust: list: add ListArc

[Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>]

On 06.05.24 11:53, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> +impl<T, const ID: u64> ListArc<T, ID>
> +where
> +    T: ListArcSafe<ID> + ?Sized,
> +{
> +    /// Convert a [`UniqueArc`] into a [`ListArc`].
> +    #[inline]
> +    pub fn from_unique(unique: UniqueArc<T>) -> Self {
> +        Self::from_pin_unique(Pin::from(unique))
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Convert a pinned [`UniqueArc`] into a [`ListArc`].
> +    #[inline]
> +    pub fn from_pin_unique(mut unique: Pin<UniqueArc<T>>) -> Self {
> +        // SAFETY: We have a `UniqueArc`, so there is no `ListArc`.
> +        unsafe { T::on_create_list_arc_from_unique(unique.as_mut()) };
> +        let arc = Arc::from(unique);
> +        // SAFETY: We just called `on_create_list_arc_from_unique` on an arc without a `ListArc`,
> +        // so we can create a `ListArc`.
> +        unsafe { Self::transmute_from_arc(arc) }
> +    }

I think these two functions would make sense as `From` impls.

> +
> +    /// Like [`from_unique`], but creates two `ListArcs`.
> +    ///
> +    /// The two ids must be different.
> +    ///
> +    /// [`from_unique`]: ListArc::from_unique
> +    #[inline]
> +    pub fn pair_from_unique<const ID2: u64>(unique: UniqueArc<T>) -> (Self, ListArc<T, ID2>)
> +    where
> +        T: ListArcSafe<ID2>,
> +    {
> +        Self::pair_from_pin_unique(Pin::from(unique))
> +    }

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> +    /// Returns a reference to an [`Arc`] from the given [`ListArc`].
> +    ///
> +    /// This is useful when the argument of a function call is an [`&Arc`] (e.g., in a method
> +    /// receiver), but we have a [`ListArc`] instead.
> +    ///
> +    /// [`&Arc`]: Arc
> +    #[inline]
> +    pub fn as_arc(&self) -> &Arc<T> {
> +        &self.arc
> +    }

Should this be an `AsRef` impl instead?

---
Cheers,
Benno

> +
> +    /// Returns an [`ArcBorrow`] from the given [`ListArc`].
> +    ///
> +    /// This is useful when the argument of a function call is an [`ArcBorrow`] (e.g., in a method
> +    /// receiver), but we have an [`Arc`] instead. Getting an [`ArcBorrow`] is free when optimised.
> +    #[inline]
> +    pub fn as_arc_borrow(&self) -> ArcBorrow<'_, T> {
> +        self.arc.as_arc_borrow()
> +    }

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