hamming
v0.1.3 GrowingCount ones, fast (aka popcount, hamming weight). This provides a performant popcount and bitwise hamming distance for a slice of bytes.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 10+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 126 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (10KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
57.3K downloads in the last 30 days, down 23% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.
126 crates depend on hamming. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 59 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, hamming hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 10KB, hamming is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include primal-bit, uplc, ramp, hamming-bitwise-fast, xor-utils. When high-quality crates choose hamming, it's a strong quality signal.
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