Global function tables: Vec instead of array, optional lazy loading
#458
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Instead of storing all function pointers in a huge array in static/global storage, a
Vecis now used, employing the heap. Should help with compile times, memory usage (LLVM release mode) and WASM experiments.Furthermore, this adds the Cargo feature
lazy-function-tables, which switches the mechanism: aHashMaplazily loads function pointers upon first use. This was done in part to help with WebAssembly experiments and possibly supersedes #459.Lazy loading however comes with several downsides, so we discourage its use unless there are very good reasons:
We may also downgrade this from a public feature to an implementation detail that's only selected for certain configurations.