Use differently named __private module per patch release

serde_core/build.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::str;
 
+const PRIVATE: &str = "\
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub mod __private$$ {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub use crate::private::*;
+}
+";
+
 // The rustc-cfg strings below are *not* public API. Please let us know by
 // opening a GitHub issue if your build environment requires some way to enable
 // these cfgs other than by executing our build script.
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
 
+    let out_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+    let patch_version = env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PATCH").unwrap();
+    let module = PRIVATE.replace("$$", &patch_version);
+    fs::write(out_dir.join("private.rs"), module).unwrap();
+
     let minor = match rustc_minor_version() {
         Some(minor) => minor,
         None => return,

serde_core/src/lib.rs

@@ -252,9 +252,18 @@ pub use crate::ser::{Serialize, Serializer};
 
 // Used by generated code. Not public API.
 #[doc(hidden)]
-#[path = "private/mod.rs"]
-pub mod __private;
-use self::__private as private;
+mod private;
+
+// Used by declarative macro generated code. Not public API.
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub mod __private {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub use crate::private::doc;
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub use core::result::Result;
+}
+
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/private.rs"));
 
 #[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), no_core_error))]
 mod std_error;