Does [bool] save space over [u8]?

If I want to store the representation of a binary number into an array, does it make a difference to use [bool] instead of [u8]? Will each bool take 1 bit instead of 8 bits for u8?

No. bool takes 1 byte.
If you want to save space, use a bitvector.

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No, bool occupies a full byte, but only 0 and 1 are valid raw values. That means there's a niche such that things like Option<bool> are still only one byte, where None takes an unused value (probably 2).

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It is impossible to pack a slice of bools into bits, since the slice api states that for each element its address can be taken, and is just a usual pointer, but it's impossible to create pointers to individual bits.

If you want to pack bools into bits, consider using the bitvec or bitflags crates.

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Why not check it for yourself using size_of?

use std::mem::size_of;

println!("bools: {}, bytes: {}", size_of::<[bool; 8]>(), size_of::<[u8; 8]>());
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