From 5274d82a34d2a51bb8900fb30294ebe21f19cb12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Divyansh Patel <pateldivyansh131@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 14:11:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] rename cap to capacity in lib & conversion

---
 src/conversions.rs | 18 +++++++++++-------
 src/lib.rs         | 18 +++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/conversions.rs b/src/conversions.rs
index 05ffb046..96b134e4 100644
--- a/src/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/conversions.rs
@@ -146,18 +146,18 @@ impl<Item, const INLINE: usize> From<<Vec<Item, Global> as Like>::Type>
             let length = vec.len();
 
             // A heap-allocated `SmallVec` must always observe the invariant
-            // that `cap > INLINE`.
+            // that `capacity > INLINE`.
             if vec.capacity() <= INLINE {
                 vec.reserve(INLINE + 1 - length);
             }
-            let cap = vec.capacity();
+            let capacity = vec.capacity();
             // SAFETY: vec.capacity is not `0` (checked above), so the pointer
             // can not dangle and thus specifically cannot be null.
             let pointer = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(vec.as_mut_ptr()) };
 
             Self {
                 length: LocatedLength::new(length, true),
-                raw: RawSmallVec::heap(pointer, cap),
+                raw: RawSmallVec::heap(pointer, capacity),
                 allocator: Global
             }
         }
@@ -186,14 +186,18 @@ impl<Item, const INLINE: usize, Heap: Allocator> From<SmallVec<Item, INLINE, Hea
             // SAFETY:
             // - `pointer` was created with the SmallVec's allocator
             // - `pointer` was created with the appropriate alignment for `Item`
-            // - the allocation pointed to by pointer is exactly cap *
+            // - the allocation pointed to by pointer is exactly capacity *
             //   sizeof(Item)
-            // - `length` is less than or equal to `cap`
+            // - `length` is less than or equal to `capacity`
             // - the first `length` entries are proper `Item`-values
             // - the allocation is not larger than `isize::MAX`
             unsafe {
-                let (pointer, cap) = this.raw.heap;
-                <Vec<Item, Global> as Like>::Type::from_raw_parts(pointer.as_ptr(), length, cap)
+                let (pointer, capacity) = this.raw.heap;
+                <Vec<Item, Global> as Like>::Type::from_raw_parts(
+                    pointer.as_ptr(),
+                    length,
+                    capacity
+                )
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 30bf7c72..7cc8b0b1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ impl<Item, const INLINE: usize, Heap: Allocator> SmallVec<Item, INLINE, Heap> {
             if on_heap {
                 unsafe {
                     // SAFETY: heap member is active
-                    let (pointer, old_cap) = self.raw.heap;
+                    let (pointer, old_capacity) = self.raw.heap;
                     // inline member is now active
 
                     // SAFETY: length <= new_capacity <= Self::inline_size()
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ impl<Item, const INLINE: usize, Heap: Allocator> SmallVec<Item, INLINE, Heap> {
                     copy_nonoverlapping(pointer.as_ptr(), self.raw.as_mut_ptr_inline(), length);
                     drop(DropDealloc {
                         pointer: pointer.cast(),
-                        size_bytes: old_cap * size_of::<Item>(),
+                        size_bytes: old_capacity * size_of::<Item>(),
                         align: align_of::<Item>(),
                         allocator: &self.allocator
                     });
@@ -695,10 +695,10 @@ impl<Item, const INLINE: usize, Heap: Allocator> SmallVec<Item, INLINE, Heap> {
                 .checked_add(additional)
                 .ok_or(SmallVecError::CapacityOverflow)?;
 
-            let double_cap = self.capacity().saturating_mul(2);
+            let double_capacity = self.capacity().saturating_mul(2);
 
             let new_capacity = required
-                .max(double_cap)
+                .max(double_capacity)
                 .checked_next_power_of_two()
                 .ok_or(SmallVecError::CapacityOverflow)?;
 
@@ -1894,12 +1894,12 @@ unsafe impl<const INLINE: usize, Heap: Allocator> BufMut for SmallVec<u8, INLINE
 
         let (length, on_heap) = self.length.parts();
         // SAFETY: the tag tells which member is active
-        let cap = unsafe { self.raw.capacity(on_heap) };
+        let capacity = unsafe { self.raw.capacity(on_heap) };
         let pointer = unsafe { self.raw.as_mut_ptr(on_heap) };
-        // SAFETY: Since `pointer` is valid for `cap` bytes,
-        // `pointer.add(length)` must be valid for `cap - length` bytes. The
-        // subtraction will not underflow since `length <= cap`.
-        unsafe { UninitSlice::from_raw_parts_mut(pointer.add(length), cap - length) }
+        // SAFETY: Since `pointer` is valid for `capacity` bytes,
+        // `pointer.add(length)` must be valid for `capacity - length` bytes.
+        // The subtraction will not underflow since `length <= capacity`.
+        unsafe { UninitSlice::from_raw_parts_mut(pointer.add(length), capacity - length) }
     }
 
     // Specialize these methods so they can skip checking `remaining_mut`

From 31f583a097781593a53487e6142625f33655c0e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Divyansh Patel <pateldivyansh131@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 14:12:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] rename in parts.rs & main.rs

---
 fuzz/fuzz_targets/main.rs | 6 +++---
 tests/parts.rs            | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/main.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/main.rs
index 35286542..91b8f615 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/main.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/main.rs
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ fn test_with_inline_cap<const N: usize>(
                 small_vec = SmallVec::new();
                 std_vec = Vec::new();
             }
-            Op::WithCapacity(cap) => {
-                small_vec = SmallVec::with_capacity(cap.0);
-                std_vec = Vec::with_capacity(cap.0);
+            Op::WithCapacity(capacity) => {
+                small_vec = SmallVec::with_capacity(capacity.0);
+                std_vec = Vec::with_capacity(capacity.0);
             }
             #[allow(deprecated)]
             Op::FromVec => {
diff --git a/tests/parts.rs b/tests/parts.rs
index bf77ea48..a5030484 100644
--- a/tests/parts.rs
+++ b/tests/parts.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ fn into_from_parts_spilled() {
     assert_eq!(length.len(), 3);
 
     // SAFETY: `length` says on heap, so `heap` is the active member.
-    let (pointer, cap) = unsafe { raw.heap };
-    assert!(cap > 1);
+    let (pointer, capacity) = unsafe { raw.heap };
+    assert!(capacity > 1);
 
     // SAFETY: parts come straight from `into_parts`.
     let rebuilt = unsafe { SmallVec::<i32, 1>::from_parts(raw, length) };