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

From: Benno Lossin
Date: Fri Sep 22 2023 - 15:50:42 EST


On 22.09.23 17:29, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:35 PM Wedson Almeida Filho
> <wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> 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@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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.

I think `WithArc` would be confusing, since `Arc` is the smartpointer
that points to a `WithRef`.

--
Cheers,
Benno