Re: [PATCH v10 1/5] rust: types: Add Ownable/Owned types

[Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>]

"Oliver Mangold" <oliver.mangold@pm.me> writes:

> On 250502 1157, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> > +
>> > +impl<T: Ownable> Owned<T> {
>> > +    /// Creates a new instance of [`Owned`].
>> > +    ///
>> > +    /// It takes over ownership of the underlying object.
>> > +    ///
>> > +    /// # Safety
>> > +    ///
>> > +    /// Callers must ensure that the underlying object is acquired and can be considered owned by
>> > +    /// Rust.
>>
>>
>> This part "the underlying object is acquired" is unclear to me. How about:
>>
>>   Callers must ensure that *ownership of* the underlying object has been
>>   acquired. That is, the object can be considered owned by the caller.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, made me think about the phrasing, too. But the main point is, that the
> object must be considered to be owned by the `Owned<T>` after the function
> call, no?
>
> So maybe:
>
>    Callers must ensure that ownership of the underlying object can be
>    transfered to the `Owned<T>` and must consider it to be transfered
>    after the function call. This usually implies that the object
>    most not be accessed through `ptr` anymore.

Sounds good to me 👍


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg