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"manually" implement Ord when we cannot derive it
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Description
Depends on #884.
We should be conservative and only implement this when the reason we cannot derive is because we're hitting the array length derive limit and similar easy cases. We can't know all the corner cases for types we have no knowledge of, and we shouldn't try.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the dependency, issue #884, to understand the derive limitation this issue builds on. Determine which known easy cases are safe for manual Ord generation and verify that unknown type corner cases remain excluded. Done means Ord is implemented only for those conservative cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100