fastcore-rs

Rust re-implementation of navis and nat core functions with a focus on efficient algorithms for working with rooted trees, a special case of directed acyclic graphs (DAG) used to represent neurons.

We provide R and Python bindings.

Documentation

The docs cover all three surfaces — the Rust core crate plus the Python and R bindings — and include a matrix of which functions are available in which language.

Usage

See the README for the navis and nat wrappers for instructions on installation and usage.

Versioning

The package version is tracked in a single place: [workspace.package] version in the root Cargo.toml. The Rust crates inherit it via version.workspace = true and the Python package via maturin (dynamic = ["version"]). To bump the version, edit that one field and run:

python scripts/sync-versions.py

This propagates the version to R/nat.fastcore/DESCRIPTION (the only file that needs a literal copy). CI checks that it stays in sync via python scripts/sync-versions.py --check.