Re: [PATCH v2 00/18] Introduce rust: In xdiff

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 22, 2025, 18:17 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CAH=ZcbC_ecyPeLS_0DfN3+w9RTqcrt6Je08RPXqb6pJVGaPjuw@mail.gmail.com>

Ezekiel Newren <ezekielnewren@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM Ezekiel Newren <ezekielnewren@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Cbindgen parse's Rust and generates C header files; If a field in a
>> struct uses u16 as the name then Rust won't compile, and cbindgen
>> can't create the C header file.
>
> I just tried this in Rust and it turns out you actually can use u16 as
> a struct field name. My bad. I think that's a bad idea and should be
> discouraged though.

That's a great news.

It means we do not have to worry about existing variables and structure member names at all while working with cbindgen.

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