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tcfhgj • yesterday at 3:25 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> The #1 thing for the Rust project to do is make Rust faster to compile.

#0 get rid of the orphan rule


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panstromek • yesterday at 3:42 PM

btw. That could actually make it slower to compile. The compiler uses the orphan rule to short circuit some checks IIRC.

Nevertheless, people in the project are trying to figuring out a way to relax the rule while still maintaining coherence, so this might happen some day.

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Quitschquat • yesterday at 3:41 PM

What's the orphan rule?

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