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no-std flat_rbtree

A flat, index-based Red-Black Tree with no heap allocations. Ideal for performance-critical or memory-constrained environments.

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flat_rbtree

rust

A fast, index-based Red-Black Tree with no heap allocations — ideal for systems where performance and memory layout matter.

See Documentation

Features

  • Flat storage: all nodes are stored in a array, avoiding pointer indirection.
  • No allocations per node: avoids Box, Rc, or Arc.
  • No-std: works in embedded or bare-metal environments without relying on the Rust standard library..
  • Preallocated with MaybeUninit: memory for all nodes is allocated upfront, minimizing runtime overhead and ensuring safe initialization.
  • Fixed capacity: tree size is bounded at compile-time, making resource usage predictable.
  • expanded feature (optional): enables tracking of subtree sizes for each node, allowing support for rank, select, and range_count queries.

Simple usage

use flat_rbtree::RedBlackTree;

let mut tree = RedBlackTree::<i32, &str, 10>::new();

tree.insert(10, "A");
tree.insert(20, "B");
tree.insert(5, "C");

tree.update(10, "Updated A");

if let Some(value) = tree.search(&10) {
    println!("Key 10 has value: {}", value);
}

for (key, value) in tree.iter() {
    println!("Key: {}, Value: {}", key, value);
}

tree.remove(20);

if !tree.contains_key(&20) {
    println!("Key 20 successfully removed");
}

Benchmark: flat_rbtree vs rbtree (10,000 operations)

Since all operations are at most O(log n), this benchmark is just to give an idea of the performance compared to a pointer-based implementation.

Operation flat_rbtree rbtree
Insert 1.14 ms 1.34 ms
Remove 2.12 ns 354 ps
Search 655 µs 514 µs

📝 License

This project is open-source under the MIT License.

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