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I've been using the linked list cursor for a few different things, and I find it inconvenient to use because all of the functions have signatures along the lines of `Self -> Option<Self>`. The root cause of these signatures is that the cursor points *at* an element, rather than *between* two elements. Thus, change the cursor API to point between two elements. This is inspired by the stdlib linked list (well, really by this guy [1]), which also uses cursors that point between elements. The `peek_next` method returns a helper that lets you look at and optionally remove the element, as one common use-case of cursors is to iterate a list to look for an element, then remove that element. For many of the methods, this will reduce how many we need since they now just need a prev/next method, instead of the current state where you may end up needing all of curr/prev/next. Also, if we decide to add a function for splitting a list into two lists at the cursor, then a cursor that points between elements is exactly what makes the most sense. Another advantage is that this means you can now have a cursor into an empty list. Link: https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/sixth-cursors-intro.html [1] Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-cursor-between-v7-2-36f0215181ed@google.com Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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