From: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Cc: "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" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: add `assert_sync` function
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 22:19:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <489c795a-ad6e-47b9-9443-aa315d59a74c@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANiq72m04yAwxtMbctCpiDpYzoMHpiDagEJsvHHJCZNJXyJ5KQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 07.06.25 7:29 PM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM Christian Schrefl
> <chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> +/// Asserts that the given type is [`Sync`]. This check is done at compile time and does nothing
>> +/// at runtime.
>
> I would split the second sentence into its own paragraph, so that the
> "short description" isn't long.
Alright.
>
>> +/// Note that this is only intended to avoid regressions and for sanity checks.
>
> Hmm... I am not sure about this sentence. A macro may want to call
> this to ensure something that is required for safety, for instance. Is
> that the "sanity check" part? In any case, it sounds like the sentence
> could be read as "this is not reliable for "other" things apart from
> just sanity checks", which may be confusing.
>
> Could we perhaps clarify?
I added this because for some reason I was convinced that it would
be possible to cause post-monomorphization errors with this, but I
not realize that's not a thing. I guess I'll just drop this sentence.
>> +/// # Examples
>> +/// ```
>
> Please add a newline between these.>
>> +///
>> +///
>
> These newlines should be removed, otherwise they will be rendered.
>
>> +/// // Do the assertion in a const block to make sure it won't be executed at runtime.
>> +/// const _:() = {
>> +/// assert_sync::<i32>(); // Succeeds because `i32` is Sync
>
> `Sync` and please use a period at the end. Also, I would suggest
> following our usual style and putting it at the top, i.e.
>
> // Succeeds because `i32` is `Sync`.
> assert_sync::<i32>();
>
>> +///
>> +/// ```
>
> This one can be removed too.
Fixed these
Cheers
Christian
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-07 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-07 13:02 [PATCH] rust: add `assert_sync` function Christian Schrefl
2025-06-07 15:42 ` Benno Lossin
2025-06-07 15:54 ` Christian Schrefl
2025-06-07 17:30 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-06-07 18:11 ` Benno Lossin
2025-06-07 19:20 ` Christian Schrefl
2025-06-07 22:31 ` Benno Lossin
2025-06-07 23:38 ` Christian Schrefl
2025-06-08 7:41 ` Benno Lossin
2025-06-07 17:29 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-06-07 20:19 ` Christian Schrefl [this message]
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