Explain how to add lazy_static to the main crate

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Philipp Oppermann
2016-08-04 20:06:56 +02:00
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#### Lazy Statics to the Rescue
Fortunately the `lazy_static` macro exists. Instead of evaluating a `static` at compile time, the macro performs the initialization when the `static` is referenced the first time. Thus, we can do almost everything in the initialization block and are even able to read runtime values.
Let's add the `lazy_static` crate to our project:
```rust
// in src/lib.rs
#[macro_use]
extern crate lazy_static;
```
```toml
# in Cargo.toml
[dependencies.lazy_static]
version = "0.2.1"
features = ["spin_no_std"]
```
We need the `spin_no_std` feature, since we don't link the standard library.
With `lazy_static`, we can define our IDT without problems:
```rust