rust-lang/rfcs — pull request #235 by aturon (2014-09-11 18:37:28+00:00)
Title: RFC: Collections reform

This is a combined *conventions* and *library stabilization* RFC. The goal is to establish a set of naming and signature conventions for `std::collections`.

The major components of the RFC include:

* Removing most of the traits in `collections`.

* A general proposal for solving the "equiv" problem, as well as improving `MaybeOwned`.

* Patterns for overloading on by-need values and predicates.

* Initial, forwards-compatible steps toward `Iterable`.

* A coherent set of API conventions across the full variety of collections.

*A big thank-you to @Gankro, who helped collect API information and worked through an initial pass of some of the proposals here.*

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