making some progress...

core/no_std_tests/Cargo.lock

@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ version = "0.8.0"
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- "byteorder",
- "rand",
- "rustc-hex",
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
@@ -264,17 +261,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
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-version = "0.2.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "190092ea657667030ac6a35e305e62fc4dd69fd98ac98631e5d3a2b1575a12b5"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "wasi",
-]
-
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@@ -413,12 +399,6 @@ version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.2.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -476,42 +456,6 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e75f6a532d0fd9f7f13144f392b6ad56a32696bfcd9c78f797f16bbb6f072d6"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -742,9 +686,11 @@ version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base58",
  "blake2",
+ "cfg-if",
  "derivative",
  "derive_more",
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
+ "hex",
  "impl-serde",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "primitive-types",
@@ -756,6 +702,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sp-core-hashing",
+ "subxt-metadata",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -769,6 +716,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "subxt-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subxt-metadata"
+version = "0.34.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
+ "parity-scale-codec",
+ "scale-info",
+ "sp-core-hashing",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
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 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -797,6 +755,26 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "1.0.56"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d54378c645627613241d077a3a79db965db602882668f9136ac42af9ecb730ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.56"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa0faa943b50f3db30a20aa7e265dbc66076993efed8463e8de414e5d06d3471"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+]
+
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 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -907,12 +885,6 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
-
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