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Re:Linux kernel in-tree Rust support by boris on Sunday July 12, 2020 @05:17AM (#23810060)
Actually, rustc produce a crate metadata (those .rmeta files) which is all that's needed to start compiling dependent crates. Producing this metadata is pretty quick compared to producing the finished crate.
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Re:Linux kernel in-tree Rust support by roca on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:17AM (#23810300)
Right, but still, compiling long dependency chains is slow :-(.
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