AtomicBool is not Encode

[ilmai]

Is there a reason Encode isn't implemented for AtomicBool? As far as I can tell, there's currently no clean way of using using boolean ivars with interior mutability.

[madsmtm]

It is deliberate that AtomicBool doesn't implement Encode, since while I it would be okay to use as an instance variable, it would very rarely be fine in methods.

The ivar system is overdue a rework though, tracking this in #414 and #288 (and this is among my current priorities), once those are fixed, then I suspect your issue will go away.

In the meantime, you can perhaps get away with using Cell<Bool> instead? That would also be more efficient if you're only using your class from one thread.

[ilmai]

Thanks, that's good to know. Unfortunately I need the internal mutability so for now I'm using an AtomicU8 with 0/1. Not pretty but works.