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Auto merge of #21325 - gterzian:crossbeam_integration, r=SimonSapin,jdm
Replace mpsc with crossbeam-channel

Follow up on https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/19515

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Selecting over multiple channels in `std::sync::mpsc` is not stable and likely never will be:

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/27800#issuecomment-260136777
> It seems the only thing keeping `mpsc_select` around is Servo.

crossbeam-channel is designed specifically to replace `std::sync::mpsc` and fix many of its shortcomings:
https://github.com/stjepang/rfcs-crossbeam/blob/channel/text/2017-11-09-channel.md

This is to be landed together with https://github.com/servo/ipc-channel/pull/183.

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Cargo.toml Replace mpsc with crossbeam/servo channel, update ipc-channel 2018-09-12 13:33:32 +08:00
lib.rs Format metrics #21373 2018-09-11 15:04:41 +08:00