no_std crates should not permit non-no_std dependencies
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Description
I couldn't find this exact problem mentioned elsewhere.
Problem
Cargo rightly produces errors for uses of std within a crate but will not complain about dependencies that rely on std when building for platforms that support std. This means that an implicit std requirement can quietly sneak into a project. It seems rather bizarre that cargo does not catch this issue.
Possible Solution(s)
- Make cargo search for uses of
stdwhen building dependencies and produce an error - Do not permit
stdas a dependency in the dependency graph forno_stdcrates - Only permit dependencies that are explicitly tagged with
#![no_std]forno_stdcrates
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing Cargo's dependency-resolution and build behavior for no_std crates, then define which proposed restriction should apply and how a failing dependency graph would demonstrate that the work is complete.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100