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Move `lazy-static.rs` out of the nursery?
The lazy-static crate is now stable and the nursery doesn't seem like the most appropriate home for it anymore. It's in a similar boat to bitflags.
Should we try find lazy-static a new home under a community GitHub organisation? Has there ever been talk of offering lazy_static as a macro in the standard library?
cc @Kimundi
I've personally always been in favor of putting lazy_static! into std.
It could also move into the rust-lang org, which is where libc and regex live, but the process that established the rust-lang/rust-lang-nursery procedure hasn't really endured (and I think only regex and libc survived it).
So I was digging into this, trying my hand at an RFC to propose the std option so we could get some feedback from a wider audience.
What I don't understand about the option of moving to std involves the no_std implementation of lazy_static. Would the crate lazy_static continue to exist, but only to provide the no_std version and backwards compatibility?
@AndyGauge Hmm that's an interesting point. The no_std implementation uses the spin crate for synchronization. That's definitely something we could work through in the RFC process.
An advantage of moving lazy_static to std (or rather core) would be that no_std could be supported on stable, because the required unstable features can be used for the implementation.
I've drafted that rfc and really need some help before submitting it. Can you tell me if I'm close here? https://github.com/AndyGauge/rfcs/blob/lazy-static/text/0000-lazy-static.md
@AndyGauge Sorry, I just got back from vacation. Thanks for taking this on! I see you're getting some traction now on your internals pre RFC. I'll work on catching up with where that conversation is going and see if I can help.
We spoke about this at the recent All Hands event and at this stage the plan is to shift lazy-static into the rust-lang organization. The driver for this isn't necessarily to bring lazy-static into tighter orbit with the standard library, but more part of an effort to clear libraries out of the nursery.
cc @rust-lang-nursery/libs