Merge pull request RustPython#2018 from RustPython/coolreader18/common-crate

Move a few non-python specific functions into a 'common' crate, make threading optional

Author: youknowone

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           command: test
           args: --verbose ${{ env.CARGO_ARGS }}
+      - name: check compilation without threading
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: check
+          args: ${{ env.CARGO_ARGS }} --no-default-features
 
   snippets_cpython:
     name: Run snippets and cpython tests