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Small vectors in various sizes. These store a certain number of elements inline, and fall back to the heap for larger allocations. This can be a useful optimization for improving cache locality and reducing allocator traffic for workloads that fit within the inline buffer.
no_std support
By default, smallvec does not depend on std. However, the optional
write feature implements the std::io::Write trait for vectors of u8.
When this feature is enabled, smallvec depends on std.
Optional features
serde
When this optional dependency is enabled, SmallVec implements the serde::Serialize and
serde::Deserialize traits.
write
When this feature is enabled, SmallVec<[u8; _]> implements the std::io::Write trait.
This feature is not compatible with #![no_std] programs.
union
This feature requires Rust 1.49.
When the union feature is enabled smallvec will track its state (inline or spilled)
without the use of an enum tag, reducing the size of the smallvec by one machine word.
This means that there is potentially no space overhead compared to Vec.
Note that smallvec can still be larger than Vec if the inline buffer is larger than two
machine words.
To use this feature add features = ["union"] in the smallvec section of Cargo.toml.
Note that this feature requires Rust 1.49.
Tracking issue: rust-lang/rust#55149
const_generics
This feature requires Rust 1.51.
When this feature is enabled, SmallVec works with any arrays of any size, not just a fixed
list of sizes.
const_new
This feature requires Rust 1.51.
This feature exposes the functions [SmallVec::new_const], [SmallVec::from_const], and [smallvec_inline] which enables the SmallVec to be initialized from a const context.
For details, see the
Rust Reference.
specialization
This feature is unstable and requires a nightly build of the Rust toolchain.
When this feature is enabled, SmallVec::from(slice) has improved performance for slices
of Copy types. (Without this feature, you can use SmallVec::from_slice to get optimal
performance for Copy types.)
Tracking issue: rust-lang/rust#31844
may_dangle
This feature is unstable and requires a nightly build of the Rust toolchain.
This feature makes the Rust compiler less strict about use of vectors that contain borrowed references. For details, see the Rustonomicon.
Tracking issue: rust-lang/rust#34761
Macros
Structs
SmallVec and yields them by value.SmallVec and yields its items by value.Vec-like container that can store a small number of elements inline.Enums
Traits
SmallVec