Re: [PATCH v2 07/12] rust: init: Add functions to create array initializers

[Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>]

On 7/19/23 11:20, Benno Lossin wrote:
> Add two functions `pin_init_array_from_fn` and `init_array_from_fn` that
> take a function that generates initializers for `T` from usize, the added
> functions then return an initializer for `[T; N]` where every element is
> initialized by an element returned from the generator function.
> 
> Suggested-by: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
> Reviewed-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
> ---
> [...]
> +/// Initializes an array by initializing each element via the provided initializer.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// ```rust
> +/// use kernel::{error::Error, init::init_array_from_fn};
> +/// let array: Box<[usize; 1_000_000_000]>= Box::init::<Error>(init_array_from_fn(|i| i)).unwrap();
> +/// pr_info!("{array:?}");
> +/// ```

Rather than debug printing the array I'd suggest to assert the struct
size or its elements instead.

> [...]
> +
> +/// Initializes an array by initializing each element via the provided initializer.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// ```rust
> +/// use kernel::{sync::{Arc, Mutex}, init::pin_init_array_from_fn, new_mutex};
> +/// let array: Arc<[Mutex<usize>; 1_000_000_000]>=
> +///     Arc::pin_init(pin_init_array_from_fn(|i| new_mutex!(i))).unwrap();
> +/// pr_info!("{}", array.len());
> +/// ```
> [...]
Same as above.