Emitting metadata early makes building/checking Rust up to twice as fast
Trending on Hacker News: Emitting metadata early makes building/checking Rust up to twice as fast (113 points / 30 comments, via github.com)
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Start dependent crates before their dependencies finish type-checking - PowderworksCode/headstart
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Every crate waits for the crates it depends on to be fully checked, function bodies included, before it starts. It doesn’t need those bodies to type-check itself.
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