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From:   Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:29:58 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rust: arc: remove `ArcBorrow` in favour of `WithRef`
To:     Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Cc:     rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
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On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:35=E2=80=AFPM Wedson Almeida Filho
<wedsonaf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@microsoft.com>
>
> 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@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@microsoft.com>

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.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>