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Comment by aakkaakk

2 months ago

But why, when reqwest is enough for 99% of cases.

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bigstrat2003  2 months ago

Because it requires using async, and for most programs async is not worth the extra effort (plus very heavy dependency in the form of Tokio).

WD-42  2 months ago

It requires Tokio, and believe it or not there are actual cases for non-async rust. So you can't use it in that case.

koakuma-chan  2 months ago

It's bloated.

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