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Consolidate all associated items on the NonZero integer types into a single impl block per type
**Before:**
```rust
#[repr(transparent)]
#[rustc_layout_scalar_valid_range_start(1)]
pub struct NonZeroI8(i8);
impl NonZeroI8 {
pub const fn new(n: i8) -> Option<Self> ...
pub const fn get(self) -> i8 ...
}
impl NonZeroI8 {
pub const fn leading_zeros(self) -> u32 ...
pub const fn trailing_zeros(self) -> u32 ...
}
impl NonZeroI8 {
pub const fn abs(self) -> NonZeroI8 ...
}
...
```
**After:**
```rust
#[repr(transparent)]
#[rustc_layout_scalar_valid_range_start(1)]
pub struct NonZeroI8(i8);
impl NonZeroI8 {
pub const fn new(n: i8) -> Option<Self> ...
pub const fn get(self) -> i8 ...
pub const fn leading_zeros(self) -> u32 ...
pub const fn trailing_zeros(self) -> u32 ...
pub const fn abs(self) -> NonZeroI8 ...
...
}
```
Having 6-7 different impl blocks per type is not such a problem in today's implementation, but becomes awful upon the switch to a generic `NonZero<T>` type (context: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/82363#issuecomment-921513910).
In the implementation from https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/100428, there end up being **67** impl blocks on that type.
<img src="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/assets/1940490/5b68bd6f-8a36-4922-baa3-348e30dbfcc1" width="200"><img src="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/assets/1940490/2cfec71e-c2cd-4361-a542-487f13f435d9" width="200"><img src="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/assets/1940490/2fe00337-7307-405d-9036-6fe1e58b2627" width="200">
Without the refactor to a single impl block first, introducing `NonZero<T>` would be a usability regression compared to today's separate pages per type. With all those blocks expanded, Ctrl+F is obnoxious because you need to skip 12× past every match you don't care about. With all the blocks collapsed, Ctrl+F is useless. Getting to a state in which exactly one type's (e.g. `NonZero<u32>`) impl blocks are expanded while the rest are collapsed is annoying.
After this refactor to a single impl block, we can move forward with making `NonZero<T>` a generic struct whose docs all go on the same rustdoc page. The rustdoc will have 12 impl blocks, one per choice of `T` supported by the standard library. The reader can expand a single one of those impl blocks e.g. `NonZero<u32>` to understand the entire API of that type.
Note that moving the API into a generic `impl<T> NonZero<T> { ... }` is not going to be an option until after `NonZero<T>` has been stabilized, which may be months or years after its introduction. During the period while generic `NonZero` is unstable, it will be extra important to offer good documentation on all methods demonstrating the API being used through the stable aliases such as `NonZeroI8`.
This PR follows a `key = $value` syntax for the macros which is similar to the macros we already use for producing a single large impl block on the integer primitives.
1dd4db5062/library/core/src/num/mod.rs (L288-L309)
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