Re: [PATCH 3/6] rust: add `bitfield!` macro

[John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>]

On 1/27/26 1:57 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> On Tue Jan 27, 2026 at 11:55 AM JST, Yury Norov wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> So while we cannot achieve exactly the short syntax above (which has its
> drawbacks as well, such as the inability to operate in const context),
> we can introduce a new setter than works with a const argument and
> spares us the need to invoke `Bounded::new` ourselves:
> 
>      let color = Rgb::default().
>              .with_red::<0x10>()
>              .with_green::<0x1f>()
>              .with_blue::<0x18>()

Are we sure that .with_red is a better name than, say, .set_red()?

"with" is not so easy to remember, because it is a bit
surprising and different, for setting a value.

"with" feels like a function call or closure: "sort with
qsort", for example. But here we are setting a color
component.

thanks,
John Hubbard