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They are also used as hubs connecting to other relevant issues, e.g., bugs or open design questions.
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Steps

• Implement (done in Support #[global_allocator] without the allocator shim #86844)
• Adjust documentation (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide)
• Stabilization PR (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide)

Unresolved Questions

• Do we want to commit to allowing linking default output (rlib) format with arbitrary linkers? (see Support #[global_allocator] without the allocator shim #86844 (comment))
• TODO, maybe more. Maybe we want some formal RFC etc. before stabilizing this.

Implementation history

• Support #[global_allocator] without the allocator shim #86844
  • default_alloc_error_handler became stable in Stabilize default_alloc_error_handler #102318