feat: add experimental rust-based client

.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+name: rust build & test
+
+on:
+    push:
+    pull_request:
+
+env:
+    CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+    build_and_test:
+        name: Rust project - latest
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        strategy:
+            matrix:
+                toolchain:
+                    - stable
+                    - beta
+                    - nightly
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+            - run: rustup update ${{ matrix.toolchain }} && rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
+            - run: cargo build --verbose
+            - run: cargo test --verbose

.gitignore

@@ -163,3 +163,8 @@ cython_debug/
 .testmondata*
 prof/
 benchmark/examples/*/results/
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target