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What's New in Rust 1.48 and 1.49

What's New in Rust 1.48 and 1.49

FromRustacean Station


What's New in Rust 1.48 and 1.49

FromRustacean Station

ratings:
Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jon and Ben take a look at the features of the Rust 1.48 and 1.49 releases.



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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@01:10] - Rust 1.48


[@01:10] - Easier linking in Rustdoc
[@03:57] - Adding search aliases in Rustdoc
[@07:03] - Implement TryFrom> for fixed-length arrays

slice::as_chunks


[@10:51] - future::ready and future::pending
[@15:21] - More stdlib APIs made const
[@18:05] - mem::uninitialized will now panic if any inner types inside a struct or enum disallow zero-initialization
[@20:18] - When trait bounds on associated types or opaque types are ambiguous, the compiler no longer makes an arbitrary choice on which bound to use


[@24:20] - Rust 1.49


[@24:20] - 64-bit ARM Linux reaches Tier 1
[@30:20] - Test framework captures output in threads
[@33:36] - Library changes

poll::is_ready and poll::is_pending made const


[@34:36] - You can now bind by reference and by move in patterns
[@38:09] - Unions can now implement Drop, and you can now have a field in a union with ManuallyDrop


[@42:00] - Rust Survey 2020 Results



Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: T.J. Telan

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Ben Striegel

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel
Released:
Jan 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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