What's New in Rust 1.42 and 1.43
Posted Fri, 08 May 2020 14:30:00 +0000Discussion on RedditEpisode TranscriptJon and Ben examine the features of Rust 1.42 and Rust 1.43.
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Timestamps & referenced resources
- [@01:45] - Useful line numbers on
unwrap
- [@04:22] - Subslice patterns
- [@16:09] -
matches!
- [@18:13] -
Error::description
deprecation - [@24:23] - Other changes in 1.42
- [@26:47] - Rust 1.43
- [@27:17] -
item
macro fragments and parser improvements in general - [@33:30] - Primitive type inference
- [@36:22] - Smaller changes surfacing in release notes
- [@39:00] - New cargo environment variables
- [@43:39] - Associated consts on numeric types
- [@51:54] - What can we do in an edition?
- [@54:20] - The
primitive
module - [@57:50] -
String
implementsAsMut<str>
- [@59:40] - cargo profile in config
- [@1:02:03] - New feature resolver
- [@1:05:30] - Lots of new clippy lints: 1.42, 1.43
- [@1:08:52] - Rustfest postponed
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: @alphastrata
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Jon Gjengset
Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel