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rename `alloc` to `allocator`

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
78/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Search the repository for uses of alloc and identify each reference that should become allocator. Rename those references consistently, then run the repository's Rust tests or checks to confirm the crate still builds and no old abbreviation remains where it should not.

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Description

good first issue help wanted r-style

this abbreviation is useless and conflicts with mod alloc

everywhere it is used, simply rename it to allocator. it's literally four characters more

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