Introduction

The ferrilab project is a collection of crates that provide more powerful alternatives to many basic Rust types. bitvec compresses [bool] to use truly single-bit storage while still matching the standard slice and vector API, funty allows you to be generic over properties of integers and pointers, and radium provides tools for abstracting over kinds of shared mutability.

Organization

Since bitvec depends on both funty and radium for its functionality, these three crates are developed in a single workspace. However, funty and radium stand entirely on their own and can be used independently of it.

Why the Name?

myrrlyn is from the Great Lakes region of America, and began bitvec while working at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque. Since these crates reshape the way Rust programs interact with the fundamental data types, the name “Fermi” jumped out as a close analogue, and from there it was only a one-letter change to make it fit the Rustacean community.