I was using Iced as a dependency, but wanted to tweak its source code for some reason, so I jumped into the folder where cargo downloads dependencies, and went into iced_wgpu 13.5 (I think that’s the version).

I could make a change, then run

cargo clean -p iced_wgpu && cargo check

in my other project for instant feedback, yet it took rust_analyzer at least 5 whole minutes to stop hallucinating.

Can I disable some functionality of rust_analyzer? I only use it for jump-to-definition, linting and syntax highlighting; I don’t even use autocomplete.

Setup:

  • Desktop that thermally throttles only when both the IGPU and the CPU are under full load, and is cool otherwise.

  • CPU: Intel I5-7500

  • RAM: 8 GiB DDR-4

  • Editor: NVIM v0.11.0-dev | Build type: RelWithDebInfo | LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3 (I had the same issue with other versions as well).

TLDR

What can I disable in rust_analyzer to boost performance while maintaining jump-to-definition, linting and syntax-highlighting, or what can I do to boost rust_analyzer for big projects in general?

  • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    Rather than modifying your dependencies in the cache directory (which is really not a good idea), consider cloning the repo directly. You can use a patch entry in your Cargo.toml to have all references to iced_wgpu point to your local modified copy.

    • 5C5C5C@programming.dev
      8·
      3 months ago

      OP really needs to heed this advice. Modifying things in the cache will cause breakages that will confuse the hell out of you.

  • nous@programming.devEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    rust-analyzer I believe will compile all the deps the first time it runs. This will take some time but after that it should be fast. If you run a cargo clean that will wipe everything and you will have to wait again. So dont do that. clean should be something you run sparingly not before every compile.

  • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    Not related to your question at all, but:

    I don’t recommend editing the source code from cargo’s files. Instead, the correct way to modify a dependency would be making a fork and using it as a gift dependency (or path dependency, which is even easier).

  • soulsource
    1·
    3 months ago

    No solution, but I have a similar issue with the higher crate.

    There the /prelude/src/lib.rs file lets rust-analyzer lose its mind and allocate gigabytes upon gigabytes of memory, even though the file compiles just fine and nearly instantaneous…

    I think this has something to do with recursive macros. Doesn’t iced also have such? I have faint memories of a column! macro?