From 10c2cc14894a83564b95e7fc773ffc889343c8f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeeshan Ali Khan <zeenix@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:35:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow setting visibility of the pool struct in the
 `box_pool!` macro

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 1 +
 src/pool/boxed.rs | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23e59a81fc..20b0bb8544 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 - Make MSRV of 1.87.0 explicit.
+- Allow setting visibility for the pool struct in the `box_pool!` macro.
 
 ## [v0.9.1] - 2025-08-19
 
diff --git a/src/pool/boxed.rs b/src/pool/boxed.rs
index bd3b6ae737..10730f88f2 100644
--- a/src/pool/boxed.rs
+++ b/src/pool/boxed.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
 //! use core::ptr::addr_of_mut;
 //! use heapless::{box_pool, pool::boxed::BoxBlock};
 //!
-//! box_pool!(MyBoxPool: u128);
+//! // You can optionally set visibility for the pool struct.
+//! box_pool!(pub MyBoxPool: u128);
 //!
 //! const POOL_CAPACITY: usize = 8;
 //!
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ use super::treiber::{NonNullPtr, Stack, UnionNode};
 /// For more extensive documentation see the [module level documentation](crate::pool::boxed)
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! box_pool {
-    ($name:ident: $data_type:ty) => {
-        pub struct $name;
+    ($visibility:vis $name:ident: $data_type:ty) => {
+        $visibility struct $name;
 
         impl $crate::pool::boxed::BoxPool for $name {
             type Data = $data_type;