Rust Programming Cookbook

How it works...

There are many aspects of a project that can be configured, most of which are not needed for smaller programs and libraries (unless it's for special architectures). This recipe can only show a few—easy—examples of what's possible, but there is more in the cargo book about configuration (https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html) and the manifest (https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-profile-sections).

In the first steps, cargo is configured to overlook overflow errors by changing a flag in the cargo configuration. While it might seem a foolish step at first, it is sometimes necessary to allow overflows for drivers or other low-level electronics to operate.

Many other options customize the ...