diff --git a/lib/std/deque.zig b/lib/std/deque.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7130cd33fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/std/deque.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+
+/// A contiguous, growable, double-ended queue.
+///
+/// Pushing/popping items from either end of the queue is O(1).
+pub fn Deque(comptime T: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+
+        /// A ring buffer.
+        buffer: []T,
+        /// The index in buffer where the first item in the logical deque is stored.
+        head: usize,
+        /// The number of items stored in the logical deque.
+        len: usize,
+
+        /// A Deque containing no elements.
+        pub const empty: Self = .{
+            .buffer = &.{},
+            .head = 0,
+            .len = 0,
+        };
+
+        /// Initialize with capacity to hold `capacity` elements.
+        /// The resulting capacity will equal `capacity` exactly.
+        /// Deinitialize with `deinit`.
+        pub fn initCapacity(gpa: Allocator, capacity: usize) Allocator.Error!Self {
+            var deque: Self = .empty;
+            try deque.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, capacity);
+            return deque;
+        }
+
+        /// Initialize with externally-managed memory. The buffer determines the
+        /// capacity and the deque is initially empty.
+        ///
+        /// When initialized this way, all functions that accept an Allocator
+        /// argument cause illegal behavior.
+        pub fn initBuffer(buffer: []T) Self {
+            return .{
+                .buffer = buffer,
+                .head = 0,
+                .len = 0,
+            };
+        }
+
+        /// Release all allocated memory.
+        pub fn deinit(deque: *Self, gpa: Allocator) void {
+            gpa.free(deque.buffer);
+            deque.* = undefined;
+        }
+
+        /// Modify the deque so that it can hold at least `new_capacity` items.
+        /// Implements super-linear growth to achieve amortized O(1) push/pop operations.
+        /// Invalidates element pointers if additional memory is needed.
+        pub fn ensureTotalCapacity(deque: *Self, gpa: Allocator, new_capacity: usize) Allocator.Error!void {
+            if (deque.buffer.len >= new_capacity) return;
+            return deque.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, growCapacity(deque.buffer.len, new_capacity));
+        }
+
+        /// If the current capacity is less than `new_capacity`, this function will
+        /// modify the deque so that it can hold exactly `new_capacity` items.
+        /// Invalidates element pointers if additional memory is needed.
+        pub fn ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(deque: *Self, gpa: Allocator, new_capacity: usize) Allocator.Error!void {
+            if (deque.buffer.len >= new_capacity) return;
+            const old_buffer = deque.buffer;
+            if (gpa.remap(old_buffer, new_capacity)) |new_buffer| {
+                // If the items wrap around the end of the buffer we need to do
+                // a memcpy to prevent a gap after resizing the buffer.
+                if (deque.head > old_buffer.len - deque.len) {
+                    // The gap splits the items in the deque into head and tail parts.
+                    // Choose the shorter part to copy.
+                    const head = new_buffer[deque.head..old_buffer.len];
+                    const tail = new_buffer[0 .. deque.len - head.len];
+                    if (head.len > tail.len and new_buffer.len - old_buffer.len > tail.len) {
+                        @memcpy(new_buffer[old_buffer.len..][0..tail.len], tail);
+                    } else {
+                        // In this case overlap is possible if e.g. the capacity increase is 1
+                        // and head.len is greater than 1.
+                        deque.head = new_buffer.len - head.len;
+                        @memmove(new_buffer[deque.head..][0..head.len], head);
+                    }
+                }
+                deque.buffer = new_buffer;
+            } else {
+                const new_buffer = try gpa.alloc(T, new_capacity);
+                if (deque.head < old_buffer.len - deque.len) {
+                    @memcpy(new_buffer[0..deque.len], old_buffer[deque.head..][0..deque.len]);
+                } else {
+                    const head = old_buffer[deque.head..];
+                    const tail = old_buffer[0 .. deque.len - head.len];
+                    @memcpy(new_buffer[0..head.len], head);
+                    @memcpy(new_buffer[head.len..][0..tail.len], tail);
+                }
+                deque.head = 0;
+                deque.buffer = new_buffer;
+                gpa.free(old_buffer);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// Modify the deque so that it can hold at least `additional_count` **more** items.
+        /// Invalidates element pointers if additional memory is needed.
+        pub fn ensureUnusedCapacity(
+            deque: *Self,
+            gpa: Allocator,
+            additional_count: usize,
+        ) Allocator.Error!void {
+            return deque.ensureTotalCapacity(gpa, try addOrOom(deque.len, additional_count));
+        }
+
+        /// Add one item to the front of the deque.
+        ///
+        /// Invalidates element pointers if additional memory is needed.
+        pub fn pushFront(deque: *Self, gpa: Allocator, item: T) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+            try deque.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 1);
+            deque.pushFrontAssumeCapacity(item);
+        }
+
+        /// Add one item to the front of the deque.
+        ///
+        /// Never invalidates element pointers.
+        ///
+        /// If the deque lacks unused capacity for the additional item, returns
+        /// `error.OutOfMemory`.
+        pub fn pushFrontBounded(deque: *Self, item: T) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+            if (deque.buffer.len - deque.len == 0) return error.OutOfMemory;
+            return deque.pushFrontAssumeCapacity(item);
+        }
+
+        /// Add one item to the front of the deque.
+        ///
+        /// Never invalidates element pointers.
+        ///
+        /// Asserts that the deque can hold one additional item.
+        pub fn pushFrontAssumeCapacity(deque: *Self, item: T) void {
+            assert(deque.len < deque.buffer.len);
+            if (deque.head == 0) {
+                deque.head = deque.buffer.len;
+            }
+            deque.head -= 1;
+            deque.buffer[deque.head] = item;
+            deque.len += 1;
+        }
+
+        /// Add one item to the back of the deque.
+        ///
+        /// Invalidates element pointers if additional memory is needed.
+        pub fn pushBack(deque: *Self, gpa: Allocator, item: T) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+            try deque.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 1);
+            deque.pushBackAssumeCapacity(item);
+        }
+
+        /// Add one item to the back of the deque.
+        ///
+        /// Never invalidates element pointers.
+        ///
+        /// If the deque lacks unused capacity for the additional item, returns
+        /// `error.OutOfMemory`.
+        pub fn pushBackBounded(deque: *Self, item: T) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+            if (deque.buffer.len - deque.len == 0) return error.OutOfMemory;
+            deque.pushBackAssumeCapacity(item);
+        }
+
+        /// Add one item to the back of the deque.
+        ///
+        /// Never invalidates element pointers.
+        ///
+        /// Asserts that the deque can hold one additional item.
+        pub fn pushBackAssumeCapacity(deque: *Self, item: T) void {
+            assert(deque.len < deque.buffer.len);
+            const buffer_index = deque.bufferIndex(deque.len);
+            deque.buffer[buffer_index] = item;
+            deque.len += 1;
+        }
+
+        /// Return the first item in the deque or null if empty.
+        pub fn front(deque: *const Self) ?T {
+            if (deque.len == 0) return null;
+            return deque.buffer[deque.head];
+        }
+
+        /// Return the last item in the deque or null if empty.
+        pub fn back(deque: *const Self) ?T {
+            if (deque.len == 0) return null;
+            return deque.buffer[deque.bufferIndex(deque.len - 1)];
+        }
+
+        /// Return the item at the given index in the deque.
+        ///
+        /// The first item in the queue is at index 0.
+        ///
+        /// Asserts that the index is in-bounds.
+        pub fn at(deque: *const Self, index: usize) T {
+            assert(index < deque.len);
+            return deque.buffer[deque.bufferIndex(index)];
+        }
+
+        /// Remove and return the first item in the deque or null if empty.
+        pub fn popFront(deque: *Self) ?T {
+            if (deque.len == 0) return null;
+            const pop_index = deque.head;
+            deque.head = deque.bufferIndex(1);
+            deque.len -= 1;
+            return deque.buffer[pop_index];
+        }
+
+        /// Remove and return the last item in the deque or null if empty.
+        pub fn popBack(deque: *Self) ?T {
+            if (deque.len == 0) return null;
+            deque.len -= 1;
+            return deque.buffer[deque.bufferIndex(deque.len)];
+        }
+
+        pub const Iterator = struct {
+            deque: *const Self,
+            index: usize,
+
+            pub fn next(it: *Iterator) ?T {
+                if (it.index < it.deque.len) {
+                    defer it.index += 1;
+                    return it.deque.at(it.index);
+                } else {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        /// Iterates over all items in the deque in order from front to back.
+        pub fn iterator(deque: *const Self) Iterator {
+            return .{ .deque = deque, .index = 0 };
+        }
+
+        /// Returns the index in `buffer` where the element at the given
+        /// index in the logical deque is stored.
+        fn bufferIndex(deque: *const Self, index: usize) usize {
+            // This function is written in this way to avoid overflow and
+            // expensive division.
+            const head_len = deque.buffer.len - deque.head;
+            if (index < head_len) {
+                return deque.head + index;
+            } else {
+                return index - head_len;
+            }
+        }
+
+        const init_capacity: comptime_int = @max(1, std.atomic.cache_line / @sizeOf(T));
+
+        /// Called when memory growth is necessary. Returns a capacity larger than
+        /// minimum that grows super-linearly.
+        fn growCapacity(current: usize, minimum: usize) usize {
+            var new = current;
+            while (true) {
+                new +|= new / 2 + init_capacity;
+                if (new >= minimum) return new;
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+/// Integer addition returning `error.OutOfMemory` on overflow.
+fn addOrOom(a: usize, b: usize) error{OutOfMemory}!usize {
+    const result, const overflow = @addWithOverflow(a, b);
+    if (overflow != 0) return error.OutOfMemory;
+    return result;
+}
+
+test "basic" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const gpa = testing.allocator;
+
+    var q: Deque(u32) = .empty;
+    defer q.deinit(gpa);
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popBack());
+
+    try q.pushBack(gpa, 1);
+    try q.pushBack(gpa, 2);
+    try q.pushBack(gpa, 3);
+    try q.pushFront(gpa, 0);
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(0, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(1, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(3, q.popBack());
+    try testing.expectEqual(2, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popBack());
+}
+
+test "buffer" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    var buffer: [4]u32 = undefined;
+    var q: Deque(u32) = .initBuffer(&buffer);
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popBack());
+
+    try q.pushBackBounded(1);
+    try q.pushBackBounded(2);
+    try q.pushBackBounded(3);
+    try q.pushFrontBounded(0);
+    try testing.expectError(error.OutOfMemory, q.pushBackBounded(4));
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(0, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(1, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(3, q.popBack());
+    try testing.expectEqual(2, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popBack());
+}
+
+test "slow growth" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const gpa = testing.allocator;
+
+    var q: Deque(i32) = .empty;
+    defer q.deinit(gpa);
+
+    try q.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, 1);
+    q.pushBackAssumeCapacity(1);
+    try q.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, 2);
+    q.pushFrontAssumeCapacity(0);
+    try q.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, 3);
+    q.pushBackAssumeCapacity(2);
+    try q.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, 5);
+    q.pushBackAssumeCapacity(3);
+    q.pushFrontAssumeCapacity(-1);
+    try q.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, 6);
+    q.pushFrontAssumeCapacity(-2);
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(-2, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(-1, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(3, q.popBack());
+    try testing.expectEqual(0, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(2, q.popBack());
+    try testing.expectEqual(1, q.popBack());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popFront());
+    try testing.expectEqual(null, q.popBack());
+}
+
+test "fuzz against ArrayList oracle" {
+    try std.testing.fuzz({}, fuzzAgainstArrayList, .{});
+}
+
+test "dumb fuzz against ArrayList oracle" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const gpa = testing.allocator;
+
+    const input = try gpa.alloc(u8, 1024);
+    defer gpa.free(input);
+
+    var prng = std.Random.DefaultPrng.init(testing.random_seed);
+    prng.random().bytes(input);
+
+    try fuzzAgainstArrayList({}, input);
+}
+
+fn fuzzAgainstArrayList(_: void, input: []const u8) anyerror!void {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const gpa = testing.allocator;
+
+    var q: Deque(u32) = .empty;
+    defer q.deinit(gpa);
+    var l: std.ArrayList(u32) = .empty;
+    defer l.deinit(gpa);
+
+    if (input.len < 2) return;
+
+    var prng = std.Random.DefaultPrng.init(input[0]);
+    const random = prng.random();
+
+    const Action = enum {
+        push_back,
+        push_front,
+        pop_back,
+        pop_front,
+        grow,
+        /// Sentinel to avoid hardcoding the cast below
+        max,
+    };
+    for (input[1..]) |byte| {
+        switch (@as(Action, @enumFromInt(byte % (@intFromEnum(Action.max))))) {
+            .push_back => {
+                const item = random.int(u8);
+                try testing.expectEqual(
+                    l.appendBounded(item),
+                    q.pushBackBounded(item),
+                );
+            },
+            .push_front => {
+                const item = random.int(u8);
+                try testing.expectEqual(
+                    l.insertBounded(0, item),
+                    q.pushFrontBounded(item),
+                );
+            },
+            .pop_back => {
+                try testing.expectEqual(l.pop(), q.popBack());
+            },
+            .pop_front => {
+                try testing.expectEqual(
+                    if (l.items.len > 0) l.orderedRemove(0) else null,
+                    q.popFront(),
+                );
+            },
+            // Growing by small, random, linear amounts seems to better test
+            // ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(), which is the most complex part
+            // of the Deque implementation.
+            .grow => {
+                const growth = random.int(u3);
+                try l.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, l.items.len + growth);
+                try q.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, q.len + growth);
+            },
+            .max => unreachable,
+        }
+        try testing.expectEqual(l.getLastOrNull(), q.back());
+        try testing.expectEqual(
+            if (l.items.len > 0) l.items[0] else null,
+            q.front(),
+        );
+        try testing.expectEqual(l.items.len, q.len);
+        try testing.expectEqual(l.capacity, q.buffer.len);
+        {
+            var it = q.iterator();
+            for (l.items) |item| {
+                try testing.expectEqual(item, it.next());
+            }
+            try testing.expectEqual(null, it.next());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/std/std.zig b/lib/std/std.zig
index 32c7b6d399..9a95c4609d 100644
--- a/lib/std/std.zig
+++ b/lib/std/std.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub const BufMap = @import("buf_map.zig").BufMap;
 pub const BufSet = @import("buf_set.zig").BufSet;
 pub const StaticStringMap = static_string_map.StaticStringMap;
 pub const StaticStringMapWithEql = static_string_map.StaticStringMapWithEql;
+pub const Deque = @import("deque.zig").Deque;
 pub const DoublyLinkedList = @import("DoublyLinkedList.zig");
 pub const DynLib = @import("dynamic_library.zig").DynLib;
 pub const DynamicBitSet = bit_set.DynamicBitSet;
diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 868af7c253..34953ed11a 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ const Builtin = @import("Builtin.zig");
 const LlvmObject = @import("codegen/llvm.zig").Object;
 const dev = @import("dev.zig");
 
-const DeprecatedLinearFifo = @import("deprecated.zig").LinearFifo;
-
 pub const Config = @import("Compilation/Config.zig");
 
 /// General-purpose allocator. Used for both temporary and long-term storage.
@@ -124,20 +122,21 @@ work_queues: [
         }
         break :len len;
     }
-]DeprecatedLinearFifo(Job),
+]std.Deque(Job),
 
 /// These jobs are to invoke the Clang compiler to create an object file, which
 /// gets linked with the Compilation.
-c_object_work_queue: DeprecatedLinearFifo(*CObject),
+c_object_work_queue: std.Deque(*CObject),
 
 /// These jobs are to invoke the RC compiler to create a compiled resource file (.res), which
 /// gets linked with the Compilation.
-win32_resource_work_queue: if (dev.env.supports(.win32_resource)) DeprecatedLinearFifo(*Win32Resource) else struct {
-    pub fn ensureUnusedCapacity(_: @This(), _: u0) error{}!void {}
-    pub fn readItem(_: @This()) ?noreturn {
+win32_resource_work_queue: if (dev.env.supports(.win32_resource)) std.Deque(*Win32Resource) else struct {
+    pub const empty: @This() = .{};
+    pub fn ensureUnusedCapacity(_: @This(), _: Allocator, _: u0) error{}!void {}
+    pub fn popFront(_: @This()) ?noreturn {
         return null;
     }
-    pub fn deinit(_: @This()) void {}
+    pub fn deinit(_: @This(), _: Allocator) void {}
 },
 
 /// The ErrorMsg memory is owned by the `CObject`, using Compilation's general purpose allocator.
@@ -2236,9 +2235,9 @@ pub fn create(gpa: Allocator, arena: Allocator, diag: *CreateDiagnostic, options
             .root_mod = options.root_mod,
             .config = options.config,
             .dirs = options.dirs,
-            .work_queues = @splat(.init(gpa)),
-            .c_object_work_queue = .init(gpa),
-            .win32_resource_work_queue = if (dev.env.supports(.win32_resource)) .init(gpa) else .{},
+            .work_queues = @splat(.empty),
+            .c_object_work_queue = .empty,
+            .win32_resource_work_queue = .empty,
             .c_source_files = options.c_source_files,
             .rc_source_files = options.rc_source_files,
             .cache_parent = cache,
@@ -2702,9 +2701,9 @@ pub fn destroy(comp: *Compilation) void {
     if (comp.zcu) |zcu| zcu.deinit();
     comp.cache_use.deinit();
 
-    for (&comp.work_queues) |*work_queue| work_queue.deinit();
-    comp.c_object_work_queue.deinit();
-    comp.win32_resource_work_queue.deinit();
+    for (&comp.work_queues) |*work_queue| work_queue.deinit(gpa);
+    comp.c_object_work_queue.deinit(gpa);
+    comp.win32_resource_work_queue.deinit(gpa);
 
     for (comp.windows_libs.keys()) |windows_lib| gpa.free(windows_lib);
     comp.windows_libs.deinit(gpa);
@@ -3019,17 +3018,17 @@ pub fn update(comp: *Compilation, main_progress_node: std.Progress.Node) UpdateE
 
     // For compiling C objects, we rely on the cache hash system to avoid duplicating work.
     // Add a Job for each C object.
-    try comp.c_object_work_queue.ensureUnusedCapacity(comp.c_object_table.count());
+    try comp.c_object_work_queue.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, comp.c_object_table.count());
     for (comp.c_object_table.keys()) |c_object| {
-        comp.c_object_work_queue.writeItemAssumeCapacity(c_object);
+        comp.c_object_work_queue.pushBackAssumeCapacity(c_object);
         try comp.appendFileSystemInput(try .fromUnresolved(arena, comp.dirs, &.{c_object.src.src_path}));
     }
 
     // For compiling Win32 resources, we rely on the cache hash system to avoid duplicating work.
     // Add a Job for each Win32 resource file.
-    try comp.win32_resource_work_queue.ensureUnusedCapacity(comp.win32_resource_table.count());
+    try comp.win32_resource_work_queue.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, comp.win32_resource_table.count());
     for (comp.win32_resource_table.keys()) |win32_resource| {
-        comp.win32_resource_work_queue.writeItemAssumeCapacity(win32_resource);
+        comp.win32_resource_work_queue.pushBackAssumeCapacity(win32_resource);
         switch (win32_resource.src) {
             .rc => |f| {
                 try comp.appendFileSystemInput(try .fromUnresolved(arena, comp.dirs, &.{f.src_path}));
@@ -4871,14 +4870,14 @@ fn performAllTheWork(
             }
         }
 
-        while (comp.c_object_work_queue.readItem()) |c_object| {
+        while (comp.c_object_work_queue.popFront()) |c_object| {
             comp.link_task_queue.startPrelinkItem();
             comp.thread_pool.spawnWg(&comp.link_task_wait_group, workerUpdateCObject, .{
                 comp, c_object, main_progress_node,
             });
         }
 
-        while (comp.win32_resource_work_queue.readItem()) |win32_resource| {
+        while (comp.win32_resource_work_queue.popFront()) |win32_resource| {
             comp.link_task_queue.startPrelinkItem();
             comp.thread_pool.spawnWg(&comp.link_task_wait_group, workerUpdateWin32Resource, .{
                 comp, win32_resource, main_progress_node,
@@ -4998,7 +4997,7 @@ fn performAllTheWork(
     }
 
     work: while (true) {
-        for (&comp.work_queues) |*work_queue| if (work_queue.readItem()) |job| {
+        for (&comp.work_queues) |*work_queue| if (work_queue.popFront()) |job| {
             try processOneJob(@intFromEnum(Zcu.PerThread.Id.main), comp, job);
             continue :work;
         };
@@ -5027,7 +5026,7 @@ fn performAllTheWork(
 const JobError = Allocator.Error;
 
 pub fn queueJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
-    try comp.work_queues[Job.stage(job)].writeItem(job);
+    try comp.work_queues[Job.stage(job)].pushBack(comp.gpa, job);
 }
 
 pub fn queueJobs(comp: *Compilation, jobs: []const Job) !void {
diff --git a/src/deprecated.zig b/src/deprecated.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 68c712b3b1..0000000000
--- a/src/deprecated.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,169 +0,0 @@
-//! Deprecated. Stop using this API
-
-const std = @import("std");
-const math = std.math;
-const mem = std.mem;
-const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
-const assert = std.debug.assert;
-const testing = std.testing;
-
-pub fn LinearFifo(comptime T: type) type {
-    return struct {
-        allocator: Allocator,
-        buf: []T,
-        head: usize,
-        count: usize,
-
-        const Self = @This();
-
-        pub fn init(allocator: Allocator) Self {
-            return .{
-                .allocator = allocator,
-                .buf = &.{},
-                .head = 0,
-                .count = 0,
-            };
-        }
-
-        pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
-            self.allocator.free(self.buf);
-            self.* = undefined;
-        }
-
-        pub fn realign(self: *Self) void {
-            if (self.buf.len - self.head >= self.count) {
-                mem.copyForwards(T, self.buf[0..self.count], self.buf[self.head..][0..self.count]);
-                self.head = 0;
-            } else {
-                var tmp: [4096 / 2 / @sizeOf(T)]T = undefined;
-
-                while (self.head != 0) {
-                    const n = @min(self.head, tmp.len);
-                    const m = self.buf.len - n;
-                    @memcpy(tmp[0..n], self.buf[0..n]);
-                    mem.copyForwards(T, self.buf[0..m], self.buf[n..][0..m]);
-                    @memcpy(self.buf[m..][0..n], tmp[0..n]);
-                    self.head -= n;
-                }
-            }
-            { // set unused area to undefined
-                const unused = mem.sliceAsBytes(self.buf[self.count..]);
-                @memset(unused, undefined);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// Ensure that the buffer can fit at least `size` items
-        pub fn ensureTotalCapacity(self: *Self, size: usize) !void {
-            if (self.buf.len >= size) return;
-            self.realign();
-            const new_size = math.ceilPowerOfTwo(usize, size) catch return error.OutOfMemory;
-            self.buf = try self.allocator.realloc(self.buf, new_size);
-        }
-
-        /// Makes sure at least `size` items are unused
-        pub fn ensureUnusedCapacity(self: *Self, size: usize) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
-            if (self.writableLength() >= size) return;
-
-            return try self.ensureTotalCapacity(math.add(usize, self.count, size) catch return error.OutOfMemory);
-        }
-
-        /// Returns a writable slice from the 'read' end of the fifo
-        fn readableSliceMut(self: Self, offset: usize) []T {
-            if (offset > self.count) return &[_]T{};
-
-            var start = self.head + offset;
-            if (start >= self.buf.len) {
-                start -= self.buf.len;
-                return self.buf[start .. start + (self.count - offset)];
-            } else {
-                const end = @min(self.head + self.count, self.buf.len);
-                return self.buf[start..end];
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// Discard first `count` items in the fifo
-        pub fn discard(self: *Self, count: usize) void {
-            assert(count <= self.count);
-            { // set old range to undefined. Note: may be wrapped around
-                const slice = self.readableSliceMut(0);
-                if (slice.len >= count) {
-                    const unused = mem.sliceAsBytes(slice[0..count]);
-                    @memset(unused, undefined);
-                } else {
-                    const unused = mem.sliceAsBytes(slice[0..]);
-                    @memset(unused, undefined);
-                    const unused2 = mem.sliceAsBytes(self.readableSliceMut(slice.len)[0 .. count - slice.len]);
-                    @memset(unused2, undefined);
-                }
-            }
-            var head = self.head + count;
-            // Note it is safe to do a wrapping subtract as
-            // bitwise & with all 1s is a noop
-            head &= self.buf.len -% 1;
-            self.head = head;
-            self.count -= count;
-        }
-
-        /// Read the next item from the fifo
-        pub fn readItem(self: *Self) ?T {
-            if (self.count == 0) return null;
-
-            const c = self.buf[self.head];
-            self.discard(1);
-            return c;
-        }
-
-        /// Returns number of items available in fifo
-        pub fn writableLength(self: Self) usize {
-            return self.buf.len - self.count;
-        }
-
-        /// Returns the first section of writable buffer.
-        /// Note that this may be of length 0
-        pub fn writableSlice(self: Self, offset: usize) []T {
-            if (offset > self.buf.len) return &[_]T{};
-
-            const tail = self.head + offset + self.count;
-            if (tail < self.buf.len) {
-                return self.buf[tail..];
-            } else {
-                return self.buf[tail - self.buf.len ..][0 .. self.writableLength() - offset];
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// Update the tail location of the buffer (usually follows use of writable/writableWithSize)
-        pub fn update(self: *Self, count: usize) void {
-            assert(self.count + count <= self.buf.len);
-            self.count += count;
-        }
-
-        /// Appends the data in `src` to the fifo.
-        /// You must have ensured there is enough space.
-        pub fn writeAssumeCapacity(self: *Self, src: []const T) void {
-            assert(self.writableLength() >= src.len);
-
-            var src_left = src;
-            while (src_left.len > 0) {
-                const writable_slice = self.writableSlice(0);
-                assert(writable_slice.len != 0);
-                const n = @min(writable_slice.len, src_left.len);
-                @memcpy(writable_slice[0..n], src_left[0..n]);
-                self.update(n);
-                src_left = src_left[n..];
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// Write a single item to the fifo
-        pub fn writeItem(self: *Self, item: T) !void {
-            try self.ensureUnusedCapacity(1);
-            return self.writeItemAssumeCapacity(item);
-        }
-
-        pub fn writeItemAssumeCapacity(self: *Self, item: T) void {
-            var tail = self.head + self.count;
-            tail &= self.buf.len - 1;
-            self.buf[tail] = item;
-            self.update(1);
-        }
-    };
-}