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How do you enable a Rust "crate feature"?

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Problem

I'm trying to use rand::SmallRng. The documentation says

This PRNG is feature-gated: to use, you must enable the crate feature small_rng.

I've been searching and can't figure out how to enable "crate features". The phrase isn't even used anywhere in the Rust docs. This is the best I could come up with:
[features]
default = ["small_rng"]


But I get:

Feature default includes small_rng which is neither a dependency nor another feature

Are the docs wrong, or is there something I'm missing?

Solution

Specify the dependencies in Cargo.toml like so:
[dependencies]
rand = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["small_rng"] }


Alternatively:
[dependencies.rand]
version = "0.7.2"
features = ["small_rng"]


Both work.

Context

Stack Overflow Q#58480205, score: 84

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