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I would consider just passing along the data directly to the functions that need access to it, rather than storing in a global state. If passing each piece of data along as separate parameters is a bit much, you can always create struct Context { ... } which keeps tracks of whatever you need and pass that around.
Nothing wrong with using OnceCell as @[email protected] suggested, but I've found that passing it as an argument feels a bit better.
I might not need global state, the more I think about it. I'll start with passing a struct and see where that gets me, thanks!
Using OnceCell for inviting some static resource, like a regex expression. Or for storing something like a internal cache for a function is ok. But I would avoid using it to hold a application wide state that anything can drop in and modify. Passing around application state where it is needed is generally much better and far easier to test things with.
From your description it sounds like you want OnceCell which is a relatively new feature; previously you'd use lazy_static
Yeah I tried out lazy_static, but the compiler was strongly urging me not to use it since it's being deprecated. Thanks, I didn't know about OneCell.
Glad I clicked on this... I'd never heard of /used OnceCell, and have a literally identical need in a program I'm writing. Nice!