This WG aims to:
-
Define traits and other APIs for memory allocators, with the unstable
std::alloc::Alloc
trait as a starting point. -
Make collections such as
Vec<T>
able to use any allocator, most likely through an additional type parameter.
Discussion has historically happened in (at least) RFC #1398, tracking issue #32838, and tracking issue #42774. However individual GitHub threads become hard to navigate as they get longer. This repository’s issue tracker allows discussing and resolving various topics separately.
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For lower-latency discussion, we have the t-libs/wg-allocators
stream on Zulip.
To try out different proposals, Tim has created a crate at TimDiekmann/alloc-wg. For more information on this consult the readme.