(spectacular) failure of abstraction, compile times, and toolboxes

[bgeron]

Toolbox vs. thin stdlib discussion should be here instead:

Subtopic on std-lib thick vs thin

Continuing the discussion from (spectacular) failure of abstraction, compile times, and toolboxes vs thin stdlib: A quote from the second linked post: Branch to Stream API and types on implementation details mentioned in the following post. Read below post with regard to hex encoding and macros in stdlib; else branch to Does Rust have severe shortcomings.