rustc_metadata: Do not encode unnecessary module children

compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/lib.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #![feature(control_flow_enum)]
 #![feature(core_intrinsics)]
 #![feature(extend_one)]
+#![feature(generator_trait)]
+#![feature(generators)]
 #![feature(let_else)]
 #![feature(hash_raw_entry)]
 #![feature(maybe_uninit_uninit_array)]
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ pub mod unhash;
 pub use ena::undo_log;
 pub use ena::unify;
 
+use std::ops::{Generator, GeneratorState};
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
 pub struct OnDrop<F: Fn()>(pub F);
 
 impl<F: Fn()> OnDrop<F> {
@@ -131,6 +136,26 @@ impl<F: Fn()> Drop for OnDrop<F> {
     }
 }
 
+struct IterFromGenerator<G>(G);
+
+impl<G: Generator<Return = ()> + Unpin> Iterator for IterFromGenerator<G> {
+    type Item = G::Yield;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        match Pin::new(&mut self.0).resume(()) {
+            GeneratorState::Yielded(n) => Some(n),
+            GeneratorState::Complete(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An adapter for turning a generator closure into an iterator, similar to `iter::from_fn`.
+pub fn iter_from_generator<G: Generator<Return = ()> + Unpin>(
+    generator: G,
+) -> impl Iterator<Item = G::Yield> {
+    IterFromGenerator(generator)
+}
+
 // See comments in src/librustc_middle/lib.rs
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub fn __noop_fix_for_27438() {}