Re: [PATCH 0/7] RFC: Accelerate xdiff and begin its rustification

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 22, 2025, 15:56 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqa54wte23.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aH-CN0RYFmpm7fMt@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> Fully agreed. I've said so at the last contributors summit, but I think
> it would become awfully unmaintainable if we retain two implementations
> of every subsystem that we convert to Rust. If we decide to use Rust I
> would strongly advocate for going all-in.

True.

We do not have subsystems with clear boundaries yet, and introducing Rust in such a state would not allow us to pick some parts (e.g. merge backends, etc.) and do them optionally in Rust, while keeping and/or adding others in C.

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