// shaves an instruction off those code paths (on x86 at least).
assert!(capacity <= usize::MAX - max_leb128_len());
- let file = File::create(path)?;
+ // Create the file for reading and writing, because some encoders do both
+ // (e.g. the metadata encoder when -Zmeta-stats is enabled)
+ let file = File::options().read(true).write(true).create(true).truncate(true).open(path)?;
Ok(FileEncoder {
buf: Box::new_uninit_slice(capacity),