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Registry, Dependency Resolution, and Speed Improvements
This chapter discusses the concept of a registry in the context of the cargo tool in Rust, explaining how it is used to resolve dependencies and manage library versions. It also discusses the challenges of storing data structures in a text file and introduces a new implementation for faster data retrieval. Additionally, it explores a new on-demand pull-based approach for fetching dependencies, optimized using HTTP pipelining.