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`rustc_data_structures::thin_vec::ThinVec` looks like this:
```
pub struct ThinVec<T>(Option<Box<Vec<T>>>);
```
It's just a zero word if the vector is empty, but requires two
allocations if it is non-empty. So it's only usable in cases where the
vector is empty most of the time.
This commit removes it in favour of `thin_vec::ThinVec`, which is also
word-sized, but stores the length and capacity in the same allocation as
the elements. It's good in a wider variety of situation, e.g. in enum
variants where the vector is usually/always non-empty.
The commit also:
- Sorts some `Cargo.toml` dependency lists, to make additions easier.
- Sorts some `use` item lists, to make additions easier.
- Changes `clean_trait_ref_with_bindings` to take a
`ThinVec<TypeBinding>` rather than a `&[TypeBinding]`, because this
avoid some unnecessary allocations.
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These should make using `ThinVec` feel much more like using `Vec`.
They will allow users of `Vec` to switch to `ThinVec` while continuing
to use `collect()`, `for` loops, and other parts of the iterator API.
I don't know if there were use cases before for using the iterator API
with `ThinVec`, but I would like to start using `ThinVec` in rustdoc,
and having it conform to the iterator API would make the transition
*a lot* easier.
I added a `FromIterator` impl, an `IntoIterator` impl that yields owned
elements, and `IntoIterator` impls that yield immutable or mutable
references to elements. I also added some unit tests for `ThinVec`.
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