This Week In Rust 515#

2023-10-04

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#

Foundation#

• Rust Foundation Project Director Election Update

Project/Tooling Updates#

• Progress Report #26: rustc_codegen_gcc can now compile Rust for Linux!
• Leptos Release v0.5.0
• Announcing Yew 0.21
• Ambient Platform
• Open Sourcing Ferrocene
• rust-analyzer changelog #201
• Zenoh 0.10.0, a pure Rust Pub/Sub/Query protocol for cloud-to-thing continuum, was released and it is packed with new features.
• Announcing Divan: Fast and Simple Benchmarking for Rust

Observations/Thoughts#

• Polonius revisited, part 2
• Easing tradeoffs with profiles
• Async Iteration III: The Async Iterator Trait
• Rustconf 2023 recap
• Was async fn a mistake?
• Rust Vs Go: A Hands-On Comparison
• [video] The ultimate Rust IDE is here
• [audio] rb-sys with Ian Ker-Seymer
• [audio] What's New in Rust 1.70 and 1.71

Rust Walkthroughs#

• Create an RSS Feed in Axum or Leptos
• Rust Dockerfile Boilerplate
• Nine Rules to Formally Validate Rust Algorithms with Dafny (Part 1): Lessons from Verifying the range-set-blaze Crate
• Send the logs of your Shuttle-powered backend to Datadog
• Tracing Tokio Tasks
• [series] Distributed Tracing in Rust, Episode 4: correlating logs and traces
• [video] Two Ways To Do Dynamic Dispatch

Miscellaneous#

• Writing the Matrix Bridge in Rust using matrix-rust-sdk
• Ferrocene Open Source documentation

Crate of the Week#

This week's crate is loole, another multiple-producer multiple-consumer channel.

Thanks to Mahdi Shojaee 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.

• Hyperswitch (Hacktoberfest)- Bitpay: Use connector_response_reference_id as reference to merchant
• Hyperswitch (Hacktoberfest)- Trustpay: Remove Default Case Handling
• Hyperswitch (Hacktoberfest)- Worldline: Currency Unit Conversion
• rust-libp2p - core: remove upgrade::transfer module
• rust-libp2p - mdns: don't perform IO on main task
• rust-libp2p - quic: don't support draft versions
• Ockam - Improve ockam enroll project configuration step by warning user not to exit process
• Ockam - Improve ockam space create by add missing argument --identity (clap command)
• Ockam - Improve ockam enroll argument --identity (clap command)

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

Updates from the Rust Project#

358 pull requests were merged in the last week

• suggestion: insert projection to associated types

• skip_binder to instantiate_identity

• add "integer square root" method to integer primitive types

• add Exclusive forwarding impls (FnOnce, FnMut, Generator)

• add context to let: Ty = loop { break };

• allow LTO on proc-macro crates with -Zdylib-lto

• anonymize binders for refining_impl_trait check

• assorted improvements for rustc_middle::mir::traversal

• build rustc with a single CGU on x64 Linux

• cleanup number handling in match exhaustiveness

• constParamTy: require Eq as supertrait

• correct codegen of ConstValue::Indirect scalar and scalar pair

• don't store lazyness in DefKind::TyAlias

• don't use a thread to load the dep graph

• expose try_destructure_mir_constant_for_diagnostics directly to clippy

• factor out duplicated entry_point_type functions

• fix noop_method_call detection

• gate and validate #[rustc_safe_intrinsic]

• implement Region for smir

• implement a global value numbering MIR optimization

• lint towards rejecting consts in patterns that do not implement PartialEq

• make adt_const_params feature suggestion consistent with other features and improve when it is emitted

• make link_llvm_intrinsics and platform_intrinsics features internal

• mark drop calls in landing pads cold instead of noinline

• migrate rustc_hir_analysis to session diagnostic (Part 5)

• more fixes for running the test suite on a bare metal target

• new solver: remove provisional cache

• only prevent field projections into opaque types, not types containing opaque types

• only visit reachable nodes in SsaLocals

• point at more causes of expectation of break value when possible

• print GHA log groups to stdout instead of stderr

• promote loongarch64-unknown-none* to Tier 2

• properly print cstr literals in proc_macro::Literal::to_string

• prototype using const generic for simd_shuffle IDX array

• remove rustc_lint_defs::lint_array

• replace HashMap with IndexMap in pattern binding resolve

• resolve: skip underscore character during candidate lookup

• reveal opaque types before drop elaboration

• run abi/compatibility test against a whole bunch of targets

• simplify some of the logic in the invalid_reference_casting lint

• skip MIR pass UnreachablePropagation when coverage is enabled

• split out the stable part of smir into its own crate to prevent accidental usage of forever unstable things

• stabilize impl_trait_projections

• stabilize combining +bundle and +whole-archive link modifiers

• use Vec::retain in remove_dead_blocks

• use absolute paths in rustc_lint::passes macros

• use placeholders to prevent using inferred RPITIT types to imply their own well-formedness

• when suggesting self.x for S { x }, use S { x: self.x }

• miri: implement SSE3 and SSSE3 intrinsics

• miri: implement the llvm.x86.sse2.pmadd.wd intrinsic

• stdio support for UEFI

• Build rustc with a single CGU on x64 Linux

• rustc_arena overhaul

• add ptr::addr_eq

• add track_caller attribute to Result::unwrap_or_else

• implement From<OwnedFd/Handle> for ChildStdin/out/err object

• implement From<[T; N]> for Rc<[T]> and Arc<[T]>

• implement From<{&,&mut} [T; N]> for Vec<T> where T: Clone

• weaken needlessly restrictive orderings on Arc::*_count

• cargo: add better suggestion for the unsupported silent flag

• cargo: add missing strip entries in dev and release profiles

• cargo: fix corruption when cargo killed while writing

• cargo: use full target spec for cargo rustc --print --target

• rustdoc: speed up processing of cross-crate fns to fix a perf regression

• clippy: manual_let_else: only omit block if span is from same ctxt

• clippy: mir_to_const improvements

• clippy: write_literal: Fix index of the remaining positional arguments

• clippy: add manual_hash_one lint

• clippy: add lint: into_iter_without_iter

• clippy: add lint: iter_without_into_iter

• clippy: describe the type of string in raw_strings lints

• clippy: do not lint wildcard_imports when imported item contains underscore

• clippy: don't escape unicode escape braces in print_literal

• clippy: don't lint manual_non_exhaustive when enum is #[non_exhaustive]

• clippy: mention that missing_assert_message lint ignores test functions

• clippy: move needless_pass_by_ref_mut: suspicious → nursery

• clippy: move needless_raw_string_hashes to pedantic

• rust-analyzer: allow more kinds of if let patterns in guarded return assist

• rust-analyzer: downgrade unused_variables to experimental

• rust-analyzer: make bool_to_enum assist create enum at top-level

• rust-analyzer: make rustc_layout_scalar_valid_range attributes work for non-decimal literals

• rust-analyzer: panic with wrapping/unwrapping result return type assists

• rust-analyzer: recover better on missing parameter in param list

• rust-analyzer: strip base prefix in layout_scalar_valid_range

• rust-analyzer: typing underscore should not trigger completions in types or patterns

• rust-analyzer: scip: allow customizing cargo config

Upcoming Events#

Rusty Events between 2023-10-04 - 2023-11-01 🦀

Virtual#

• 2023-10-04 | Virtual (Stuttgart, DE) | Rust Community Stuttgart
  • Rust-Meetup
• 2023-10-04 | Virtual (Various) | Ferrous Systems
  • A Decade of Rust with Ferrous Systems
• 2023-10-04 | Virtual (Cardiff, UK)| Rust and C++ Cardiff
  • Understanding the Processor (Atomics & Locks Chapter 7)
• 2023-10-05 | Virtual (Charlottesville, NC, US) | Charlottesville Rust Meetup
  • Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively
• 2023-10-07 | Virtual (Kampala, UG) | Rust Circle Kampala
  • Rust Circle Meetup: Mentorship (First Saturday)
• 2023-10-10 | Virtual (Berlin, DE) | OpenTechSchool Berlin
  • Rust Hack and Learn | Mirror
• 2023-10-10 | Virtual (Dallas, TX, US) | Dallas Rust
  • Second Tuesday
• 2023-10-11| Virtual (Boulder, CO, US) | Boulder Elixir and Rust
  • Monthly Meetup
• 2023-10-12 - 2023-10-13 | Virtual (Brussels, BE) | EuroRust
  • EuroRust 2023
• 2023-10-12 | Virtual (Nuremberg, DE) | Rust Nuremberg
  • Rust Nürnberg online
• 2023-10-18 | Virtual (Vancouver, BC, CA) | Vancouver Rust
  • Rust Study/Hack/Hang-out
• 2023-10-19 | Virtual (Charlottesville, NC, US) | Charlottesville Rust Meetup
  • Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively
• 2023-10-19 | Virtual (Stuttgart, DE) | Rust Community Stuttgart
  • Rust-Meetup
• 2023-10-24 | Virtual (Berlin, DE) | OpenTechSchool Berlin
  • Rust Hack and Learn | Mirror
• 2023-10-31 | Virtual (Dallas, TX, US) | Dallas Rust

  • Last Tuesday

Asia#

• 2023-10-11 | Kuala Lumpur, MY | GoLang Malaysia

  • Rust Meetup Malaysia October 2023 | Event updates Telegram | Event group chat

Europe#

• 2023-10-04 | Lyon, FR | Rust Lyon
  • Rust Lyon Meetup #6
• 2023-10-10 | Berlin, DE | OpenTechSchool Berlin
  • Rust Hack and Learn
• 2023-10-11 | Brussels, BE | BeCode Brussels Meetup
  • Rust on Web - EuroRust Conference
• 2023-10-12 - 2023-10-13 | Brussels, BE | EuroRust
  • EuroRust 2023
• 2023-10-12 | Brussels, BE | Rust Aarhus
  • Rust Aarhus - EuroRust Conference
• 2023-10-12 | Reading, UK | Reading Rust Workshop
  • Reading Rust Meetup at Browns
• 2023-10-17 | Helsinki, FI | Finland Rust-lang Group
  • Helsinki Rustaceans Meetup
• 2023-10-17 | Leipzig, DE | Rust - Modern Systems Programming in Leipzig
  • SIMD in Rust
• 2023-10-19 | Amsterdam, NL | Rust Developers Amsterdam Group
  • Rust Amsterdam Meetup @ Terraform
• 2023-10-19 | Wrocław, PL | Rust Wrocław
  • Rust Meetup #35
• 2023-10-25 | Dublin, IE | Rust Dublin
  • Biome, web development tooling with Rust
• 2023-10-26 | Leipzig, DE | Rust - Modern Systems Programming in Leipzig

  • Augsburg Rust Meetup #3

North America#

• 2023-10-05 | Mountain View, CA, US | Mountain View Rust Meetup
  • Rust Meetup at Hacker Dojo
• 2023-10-09 | Chicago, IL, US | Deep Dish Rust
  • Rust Hack Night
• 2023-10-09 | Minneapolis, MN, US | Minneapolis Rust Meetup
  • Minneapolis Rust Meetup Happy Hour
• 2023-10-11 | Boulder, CO, US | Boulder Rust Meetup
  • First Meetup - Demo Day and Office Hours
• 2023-10-12 | Lehi, UT, US | Utah Rust
  • The Actor Model: Fearless Concurrency, Made Easy w/Chris Mena
• 2023-10-17 | San Francisco, CA, US | San Francisco Rust Study Group
  • Rust Hacking in Person
• 2023-10-18 | Brookline, MA, US | Boston Rust Meetup
  • Boston University Rust Lunch
• 2023-10-19 | Mountain View, CA, US | Mountain View Rust Meetup
  • Rust Meetup at Hacker Dojo
• 2023-10-19 | Nashville, TN, US | Music City Rust Developers
  • Rust Goes Where It Pleases Pt2 - Rust on the front end!
• 2023-10-19 | Seattle, WA, US | Seattle Rust User Group
  • Seattle Rust User Group - October Meetup
• 2023-10-25 | Austin, TX, US | Rust ATX
  • Rust Lunch - Fareground

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#

I've been writing Rust code everyday for years, and I used to say Rust wasn't great for writing prototypes because if forced you to ask yourself many questions that you may want to avoid at that time.

I recently realized this is all wrong: you can write Rust pretty much as fast as you can write code in any other language, with a meaningful difference: with a little discipline it's easy to make the rough edges obvious so you can sort them out later.

– /u/moiaussi4213 on /r/rust

There was no suggestion this week, but llogiq is pleased with his choice nonetheless!

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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