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Fully Qualify Standard Library Types in Generated Code

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Description

The generated code does not consistently fully qualify all standard library types - in particular there are non-fully qualified `Vec`, `Result` and partially qualifies `std::collections::BTreeMap`.

This is liable to result in name collisions with the generated code, or other types which may be in scope.

All types should be fully qualified, e.g. `::std::vec::Vec`

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Research direction

Start by locating the generator for the serde implementations and inspect how standard library types are emitted in generated Rust code. Check the handling of Vec, Result, and std::collections::BTreeMap, then verify that every standard library type is fully qualified, including the ::std::vec::Vec form described in the issue.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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