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# Description This adds a `SharedCow` type as a transparent copy-on-write pointer that clones to unique on mutate. As an initial test, the `Record` within `Value::Record` is shared. There are some pretty big wins for performance. I'll post benchmark results in a comment. The biggest winner is nested access, as that would have cloned the records for each cell path follow before and it doesn't have to anymore. The reusability of the `SharedCow` type is nice and I think it could be used to clean up the previous work I did with `Arc` in `EngineState`. It's meant to be a mostly transparent clone-on-write that just clones on `.to_mut()` or `.into_owned()` if there are actually multiple references, but avoids cloning if the reference is unique. # User-Facing Changes - `Value::Record` field is a different type (plugin authors) # Tests + Formatting - 🟢 `toolkit fmt` - 🟢 `toolkit clippy` - 🟢 `toolkit test` - 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib` # After Submitting - [ ] use for `EngineState` - [ ] use for `Value::List`
Nushell core libraries and plugins
These sub-crates form both the foundation for Nu and a set of plugins which extend Nu with additional functionality.
Foundational libraries are split into two kinds of crates:
- Core crates - those crates that work together to build the Nushell language engine
- Support crates - a set of crates that support the engine with additional features like JSON support, ANSI support, and more.
Plugins are likewise also split into two types:
- Core plugins - plugins that provide part of the default experience of Nu, including access to the system properties, processes, and web-connectivity features.
- Extra plugins - these plugins run a wide range of different capabilities like working with different file types, charting, viewing binary data, and more.