rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer
internal: Bring back source compression in `base-db`
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Description
As part of the new Salsa migration, I dropped source compression in source-db. We should consider bringing that back.
(Original context posted by @lnicola in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/issues/19429#issuecomment-2746062608)
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by reading the Salsa migration context in issue #19429 and the source-compression references in source-db and base-db. Determine how compression was removed and what restoring it should cover; done means source compression is brought back without regressions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- databases, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100