This Week In Rust 500#

2023-06-21

Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tag us at @ThisWeekInRust on Twitter or @ThisWeekinRust on mastodon.social, or send us a pull request. Want to get involved? We love contributions.

This Week in Rust is openly developed on GitHub and archives can be viewed at this-week-in-rust.org. If you find any errors in this week's issue, please submit a PR.

Updates from Rust Community#

Official#

• Introducing the Rust Leadership Council

Project/Tooling Updates#

• rust-analyzer changelog #186
• Tantivy 0.20: Schemaless
• lz4_flex 0.11: Gainzzzzz Unleashed!
• redb (Rust Embedded DataBase) 1.0 release
• rust-libp2p v0.52.0: a modular p2p networking stack
• autometrics 0.5 - Automatically connecting Prometheus metrics to traces with exemplars
• Introducing ducktor: Duck typed constructors for Rust structs with wasm-bindgen JsValue

Observations/Thoughts#

• How we built the Grafbase local development experience in Rust
• Encoding ML-style modules in Rust
• Shuttle Launchpad #2: Structs and Enums
• Building vector search in 200 lines of Rust
• Leveraging the Type System for Domain Modeling in Rust
• Building an out-of-tree Rust Kernel Module Part Three
• Paying with (in memory) cache
• Rewriting Ockam in Rust

Rust Walkthroughs#

• API with Axum, SurrealDB, GraphQL - Template

Miscellaneous#

• Fossil Data Platform Rewritten in Rust 🦀
• Build a CLI Tool for Data Masking, Encryption, and Decryption With Rust
• Santiago Pastorino: Maintainer Retention
• Meilisearch across the Semantic Verse
• [DE] Programmiersprachen: Die Beliebtheit von Rust bleibt ungebrochen

Crate of the Week#

This week's crate is release-plz, a crate to automate changelog generation, GitHub/Gitea release tagging, publishing on crates.io and bumping the version.

Thanks to Marco Ieni for the self-suggestion!

Please submit your suggestions and votes for next week!

Call for Participation#

Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but did not know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!

Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

• Send-file - Get device memory information
• Send-file - create hotspot on Windows operating system
• Ockam - Implement clap commands ockam uninstall and ockam upgrade
• Ockam - Enable pnpm support in dependabot
• Ockam - Add an "optional" tag to commands arguments' description when generating markdown docs
• Hyperswitch - Make get_redis_conn return result in StorageInterface
• Hyperswitch - Implement QueueInterface for MockDb
• Hyperswitch - Maintain consistency between PaymentIntent and PaymentAttempt for connector_id
• Hyperswitch - Implement PaymentMethodInterface for MockDb
• Hyperswitch - Use the newtype pattern for ZIP/PIN codes
• mirrord - Non-indicative error when running on a Completed pod
• mirrord - Log problem in layer and exit when agent image is not found
• mirrord - Further tests for HTTP header filtering.

If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks here.

Updates from the Rust Project#

410 pull requests were merged in the last week

• collect VTable stats & add -Zprint-vtable-sizes

• prevent .eh_frame from being emitted for -C panic=abort

• #[test] function signature verification improvements

• add <meta charset="utf-8"> to -Zdump-mir-spanview output

• add casting suggestion when assigning negative 2's complement bin or hex literal to a size compatible signed integer

• continue folding in query normalizer on weak aliases

• don't record adjustments twice in note_source_of_type_mismatch_constraint

• don't ICE on bound var in reject_fn_ptr_impls

• don't ICE on unsized extern "rust-call" call

• don't capture &[T; N] when contents isn't read

• extend unused_must_use to cover block exprs

• fix dead_code_cgu computation

• fix explicit-outlives-requirements lint span

• fix suggestion for E0404 not dealing with multiple generics

• fix the overflow issue for transmute_generic_consts

• handle interpolated literal errors

• non-unwinding panic for misaligned pointer deref

• make struct layout not depend on unsizeable tail

• new solver proof tree generation

• opportunistically resolve regions in new solver

• normalize closure output in equate_inputs_and_outputs

• safe Transmute: Enable handling references

• support 128-bit enum variant in debuginfo codegen

• introduce a minimum CGU size in non-incremental builds

• ignore the always part of #[inline(always)] in MIR inlining

• introduce a Stable trait to translate MIR to SMIR

• make mir dataflow graphviz dumps opt-in

• miri: dereference pointers in shims as correct types

• promote unchecked integer math to MIR BinOps

• simplify unchecked_{shl,shr}

• implement TryFrom<&OsStr> for &str

• extend io::copy buffer reuse to BufReader too

• stabilize String::leak

• available_parallelism using native netbsd api first

• only depend on dlmalloc for wasm*-unknown

• don't drain-on-drop in DrainFilter impls of various collections

• make BinaryHeap parametric over Allocator

• optimize slice::Iter::fold

• relax implicit T: Sized bounds on BufReader<T>, BufWriter<T> and LineWriter<T>

• hashbrown: fix leaking of allocator in RawIntoIter and RawIntoParIter

• cargo: Align package name sanitization with cargo-new

• cargo: Don't auto-discover build.rs files

• cargo: Switch to syn for parsing doc comments

• cargo: enable doctest-in-workspace by default

• cargo: fix version requirement example in Dependency Resolution, SemVer compatibility section

• rustdoc: Fix URL encoding of % sign

• rustdoc: Fix invalid handling of "going back in history" when "go to only search result" setting is enabled

• rustdoc-gui: allow running on Windows

• rustdoc-search: search never type with !

• rustdoc: add search result item types after their name

• rustfmt: adjust enum variant spans to exclude any explicit discriminant

• rustfmt: prevent ICE when calling parse_attribute without an attribute

• clippy: add lint incorrect_clone_impl_on_copy_type

• clippy: new lint single_call_fn

• clippy: new lint single_range_in_vec_init

• clippy: new lint: drain_collect

• clippy: arithmetic_side_effects also lint const arithmetic

• clippy: missing_panics_doc: pickup expect method

• clippy: redundant_closure_call: handle nested closures

• clippy: fix find_format_arg_expr when incremental compilation is enabled

• clippy: derivable_impls: don't lint if default() call expr unsize-coerces to trait object

• clippy: map_unwrap_or: don't lint when referenced variable is moved

• clippy: match_same_arms: don't lint if non_exhaustive_omitted_patterns

• clippy: missing_const_for_fn: Ensure dropped locals are ~const Destruct

• clippy: needless_doctest_main: ignore main() in no_test code fences

• clippy: make missing_panics_doc not lint for todo!()

• clippy: don't lint non-statement/faux empty needless_ifs

• clippy: fix false positive of self_named_module_files and mod_module_files

• clippy: ignore more type aliases in unnecessary_cast

• clippy: adding configuration to allow safety comment above stmt containing unsafe block

• clippy: improve suggestion for needless_lifetimes

• clippy: from_over_into: Show suggestions for non-Self expanded paths

• clippy: unnecessary_fold: suggest turbofish if necessary

• clippy: no_effect: Suggest adding return if applicable

• clippy: make --explain subcommand return 1 for missing lints

• rust-analyzer: correctly handle inlining of async fn

• rust-analyzer: deduplicate tuple indices for completion

• rust-analyzer: add binding definition for for-expr iterator desugared binding

• rust-analyzer: ensure that ws loading error includes path to ws

• rust-analyzer: implement missing members doesn't transform const params and default types

Upcoming Events#

Rusty Events between 2023-06-21 - 2023-07-19 🦀

Virtual#

• 2023-06-21 | Virtual (Vancouver, BC, CA) | Vancouver Rust
  • Rust Study/Hack/Hang-out
• 2023-06-22 | Virtual (Karlsruhe, DE) | Karlsruhe Functional Programmers Group
  • Stammtisch (gemeinsam mit der C++ UG KA)
• 2023-06-25 | Virtual (Auckland, NZ) | ResBaz Aotearoa 2023
  • Research Computing With The Rust Programming Language - Tim McNamara
• 2023-06-27 | Virtual (Dallas, TX, US) | Dallas Rust
  • Last Tuesday
• 2023-06-28 | Virtual (Cardiff, UK) | Rust and C++ Cardiff
  • Building Our Own 'Arc' in Rust (Atomics & Locks Chapter 6)
• 2023-06-28 | Virtual (Chicago, IL, US) | Chicago Healthcare Cloud Technology Community
  • Rust for Mission-Critical AI: A Journey into Healthcare's Safest Language
• 2023-06-29 | Virtual (Charlottesville, VA, US) | Charlottesville Rust Meetup
  • Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively
• 2023-06-29 | Virtual (Ciudad de México, MX) | Rust MX
  • Rust y Haskell
• 2023-07-01 | Virtual (Nürnberg, DE) | Rust Nuremberg
  • Deep Dive Session 4: Protohackers Exercises Mob Coding (Problem II onwards)
• 2023-07-04 | Virtual (Berlin, DE) | Berline.rs / OpenTechSchool Berlin
  • Rust Hack and Learn
• 2023-07-04 | Virtual (Buffalo, NY, US) | Buffalo Rust Meetup
  • Buffalo Rust User Group, First Tuesdays
• 2023-07-05 | Virtual (Indianapolis, IN, US) | Indy Rust
  • Indy.rs - with Social Distancing
• 2023-07-05 | Virtual (Stuttgart, DE) | Rust Community Stuttgart
  • Rust-Meetup
• 2023-07-11 | Virtual (Dallas, TX, US) | Dallas Rust
  • Second Tuesday
• 2023-07-13 - 2023-07-14 | Virtual | Scientific Computing in Rust
  • Scientific Computing in Rust workshop
• 2023-07-13 | Virtual (Edinburgh, UK) | Rust Edinburgh

  • Reasoning about Rust: an introduction to Rustdoc’s JSON format

Asia#

• 2023-06-29 | Seoul, KR | T-RUST meetup

  • 🦀 T-RUST Meetup 🦀

Europe#

• 2023-06-22 | Vienna, AT | Papers We Love Vienna
  • June: Data and Ownership in Rust
• 2023-06-22 | Bern, CH | Rust Bern
  • Second Rust Bern Meetup
• 2023-06-22 | Wrocław, PL | Rust Wrocław
  • Rust Meetup #34
• 2023-06-27 | Bucharest, RO | Rust Lang Bucharest Meetup
  • Rust Bucharest Meetup #2
• 2023-06-27 | London, UK | Rust London User Group
  • LDN Talks June 2023 Shuttle Takeover
• 2023-06-27 | Paris, FR | Rust Paris
  • Rust Paris meetup #60
• 2023-06-28 | Bratislava, SK | Bratislava Rust Meetup Group
  • Rust Meetup by Sonalake
• 2023-06-29 | Augsburg, DE | Rust Meetup Augsburg
  • Augsburg Rust Meetup
• 2023-06-29 | Copenhagen, DK | Copenhagen Rust Community
  • Rust metup #37 at Samsung!
• 2023-06-29 | Vienna, AT | Rust Vienna
  • Rust Vienna Meetup - June - final meetup before a summer break
• 2023-07-01 | Basel, CH | Rust Basel
  • (Beginner) Rust Workshop
• 2023-07-03 | Zurich, CH | Rust Zurich
  • Rust in the Linux Kernel - July Meetup
• 2023-07-05 | Lyon, FR | Rust Lyon
  • Rust Lyon Meetup #5
• 2023-07-11 | Breda, NL | Rust Nederland
  • Rust: Advanced Graphics and User Interfaces
• 2023-07-13 | Reading, UK | Reading Rust Workshop

  • Reading Rust Meetup at Browns*

North America#

• 2023-06-21 | Austin, TX, US | Rust ATX
  • Rust Lunch - Pizza sponsored by JFrog
• 2023-06-21 | Somerville, MA, US | Boston Rust Meetup
  • Ball Square Rust Lunch, June 21
• 2023-06-22 | New York, NY, US | Rust NYC
  • Learn How to Use cargo-semver-checks and Closure Traits to Write Better Code
• 2023-06-24 | San Jose, CA, US | Rust Breakfast & Learn
  • Rust: breakfast & learn
• 2023-06-28 | Cambridge, MA, US | Boston Rust Meetup
  • Harvard Square Rust Lunch
• 2023-06-29 | Mountain View, CA, US | Mountain View Rust Meetup
  • Rust Meetup at Hacker Dojo
• 2023-07-01 | San Jose, CA, US | Rust Breakfast & Learn
  • Rust: breakfast & learn
• 2023-07-07 | Chicago, IL, US | Deep Dish Rust
  • Rust Lunch
• 2023-07-13 | Seattle, WA, US | Seattle Rust User Group Meetup
  • July Meetup
• 2023-07-18 | San Francisco, CA, US | San Francisco Rust Study Group

  • Rust Hacking in Person

Oceania#

• 2023-07-11 | Melbourne, VIC, AU | Rust Melbourne
  • (Hybrid - in person & online) July 2023 Rust Melbourne Meetup

If you are running a Rust event please add it to the calendar to get it mentioned here. Please remember to add a link to the event too. Email the Rust Community Team for access.

Jobs#

Please see the latest Who's Hiring thread on r/rust

Quote of the Week#

rust programmers when they see each other again:

Long time no C

– ciscoffeine on mond-basis.eu

Thanks to Brian Kung for the suggestion!

Please submit quotes and vote for next week!

This Week in Rust is edited by: nellshamrell, llogiq, cdmistman, ericseppanen, extrawurst, andrewpollack, U007D, kolharsam, joelmarcey, mariannegoldin, bennyvasquez.

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