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implement `rkyv` feature for smallvec

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Inspect lib.rs and Cargo.toml to add an optional rkyv feature gate and optional dependency. Determine how SmallVec should interoperate with rkyv serialization, then implement and run cargo test with the feature enabled to verify.

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Description

good first issue help wanted r-feature

implement the optional feature enabling the optional dependency rkiv that locks behind a feature gate rkiv interoperability with smallvec on lib.rs

implementation details are left for the contributor to decide

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