Implement Atomic for usize

[link2xt]

I want to store usize in a gauge metric without conveting it to u64, but Atomic trait is not implemented for usize: https://docs.rs/prometheus-client/0.22.2/prometheus_client/metrics/gauge/trait.Atomic.html

Because of this Gauge::<usize, AtomicUsize>::default(). Is there any reason for not supporting it? Would it require too high MSRV?

[mxinden]

without conveting it to u64

Note that gauge::Atomic is also not implemented for u64, but only i64. This is due to the OpenMetrics Protobuf definition requiring a value to be either i64 or f64, not u64:

https://github.com/OpenObservability/OpenMetrics/blob/1386544931307dff279688f332890c31b6c5de36/proto/openmetrics_data_model.proto#L105

In other words, say that you provide a u64::MAX to Gauge::set, what should prometheus-client do? It can't store it in an i64. It can't store it in an f64 without loss.

Does that make sense?

[link2xt]

In other words, say that you provide a u64::MAX to Gauge::set, what should prometheus-client do? It can't store it in an i64. It can't store it in an f64 without loss.

If it is encoded in text format, just write it out as text. There are no such restrictions in text format, any integer can be encoded there even if it does not fit 128 bits. If it is not supported by the receiver, it is the receiver problem. If it is encoded in protobuf, also does not matter, could be not encoded or encoded as i64::MAX then.

Currently in the application I have to do this:

metrics.heartbeat_token_count.set(tokens.len() as i64);

Metrics are then exported as text. This as i64 should not be necessary for a gauge that tracks some structure size and is then encoded into text.