Overview

Internal crate for the MERC toolset the provides utility types and functions for the Merc toolset.

One important utility is the MercError type, which is a common error type used throughout the MERC toolset. This type provides thin pointers for dyn Error trait objects, which helps to reduce memory usage and improve performance when handling errors. Furthermore, it provides a stack trace by default, which can be very useful for debugging and diagnosing issues.

Another important testing function is the random_test function, which can be used in tests to provide (reproducable) random state. This is useful for testing code that relies on randomness, as it allows for consistent and repeatable tests.

Safety

This crate contains no unsafe code. If unsafe code is needed it should be in the merc_unsafety crate.