According to this line: https://github.com/Rust-SDL2/rust-sdl2/blob/de686d00ef91fe7db2df3144e716c0735fda3771/README.md?plain=1#L39 Using this "new" feature is allowed, and even [mentioned by `lazy_static` team](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/lazy-static.rs/blob/6f864e47ed7c3e548cbe715b8d28041f32ec6e43/README.md#standard-library) I'm willing to open a PR for this