On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 01:15:34PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 12:36:23PM +0200, Benno Lossin wrote:
> > Or, we could change `Release` to be:
> >
> > pub trait Release {
> > type Ptr: ForeignOwnable;
> >
> > fn release(this: Self::Ptr);
> > }
> >
> > and then `register_release` is:
> >
> > pub fn register_release<T: Release>(dev: &Device<Bound>, data: T::Ptr) -> Result
> >
> > This way, one can store a `Box<T>` and get access to the `T` at the end.
>
> I think this was also the case before? Well, it was P::Borrowed instead.
>
> > Or if they store the value in an `Arc<T>`, they have the option to clone
> > it and give it to somewhere else.
>
> Anyways, I really like this proposal of implementing the Release trait.
One downside seems to be that the compiler cannot infer T anymore with this
function signature.
