tailscale / tailscale/tailscale-rs

kvstore: API for remove and clone

Open Beginner friendly
#360 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

enhancement
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
1.2k
Forks
61
Avg merge
2d 13h
Merged PRs (30d)
22

Description

A method which effectively just does:

let result = t.get(key).cloned();
t.remove(key);
result

where the value implements Clone, for an opt-in, ergonomic way to get the usual semantics for remove.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the kvstore implementation and its existing get and remove APIs. Add the opt-in operation with the stated clone-and-remove return semantics, then update the relevant kvstore tests to verify both the returned value and removal.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
database
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.