The Rustacean Station Podcast

Rust Analyzer with Lukas Wirth

Posted Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:00 +0000

Allen Wyma talks with Lukas Wirth, member of the rust-analyzer team.

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Timestamps

  • [@0:00] - Introduction
  • [@1:46] - Rust Analyzer’s source of funding and history
  • [@10:56] - Lukas’ contribution and work in Rust Analyzer
  • [@16:01] - What is Rust Analyzer and what does it do?
  • [@17:35] - Rust Analyzer diagnostics and implementation
  • [@21:23] - The importance of Rust Analyzer
  • [@25:36] - Rust Analyzer’s limitations
  • [@32:54] - Lessons from the left-pad library issue
  • [@35:20] - Difficulties with dependency version duplicates
  • [@39:53] - Installing Rust Analyzer for different code editors
  • [@44:29] - Rust Language Server vs Rust Analyzer
  • [@51:25] - Clippy
  • [@56:39] - Rust’s advantage over other languages
  • [@58:08] - Parting thoughts

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma