Modularization

[casey]

Modularization

[raphjaph]

#3042

We can also think about creating separate crates:

• ordinals/sats
• inscriptions
• runes
• wallet
• ord (binary crate)

[casey]

I think we need to clearly articulate the goal with creating separate crates. Is it compilation speed? Is it third parties being able to use them? Because additional crates creates friction. Each release you need to publish multiple crates, you need to figure out how to update version numbers for multiple crates, you need to update the version numbers of crates in the Cargo.toml files of crates that depend on them in-tree, and you have multiple crates and docs to search for what you're looking for. And if there are multiple crates, then it makes things harder to use for third-parties, since they then need to pull in multiple crates.

[JeremyRubin]

Third parties being able to use them. Cargo workspace command works really well and automatically handles that stuff.

Multiple crates don't need to all be pulled in because you make your namesake crate have re-exports of the versions.

E.g.,

inscriptions

ord has pub use inscriptions