Introduce the new `types` module of the `kernel` crate with
`Either` as its first type.
`Either<L, R>` is a sum type that always holds either a value
of type `L` (`Left` variant) or `R` (`Right` variant).
For instance:
struct Executor {
queue: Either<BoxedQueue, &'static Queue>,
}
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
[Reworded, adapted for upstream and applied latest changes]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
#[doc(hidden)]
pub mod std_vendor;
pub mod str;
+pub mod types;
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use bindings;
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Kernel types.
+
+/// A sum type that always holds either a value of type `L` or `R`.
+pub enum Either<L, R> {
+ /// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `L`.
+ Left(L),
+
+ /// Constructs an instance of [`Either`] containing a value of type `R`.
+ Right(R),
+}