Description
Proposal
Moving #[cfg(test)] modules into a separate files to save recompiling the std crate
when only that test file changes.
core and src/lib* crate already did that.
Moving tests around will be a very big change.
It also makes it harder to blame specific code in tests.
I would like infra member to take care of it, through I could do it myself if wanted.
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