Re: [PATCH v6] rust: kernel: add support for bits/genmask macros

[Daniel Almeida]

Hi Joel,

> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I think generic over `RangeBounds` is a good idea, and we should
>>>> .is_emtpy() or .contains() instead of comparison + boolean operation
>>>> when possible. Seems we need a function to check whether one range
> 
> I am also of the opinion that RangeBounds is a good idea. I think it may come
> down to both classes of devs, those who have used genmask before in C and
> expect inclusivity, and those who are using it for the first time in Rust -
> the latter may almost always want to use the non-inclusive syntax, no? 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> - Joel


Can’t do that in a const fn, and we really want a const fn as the default.
Hence my suggestion to only support a..=b, which is both correct and explicit.

— Daniel