What's New in the Rust 2024 Edition
Posted Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:49:10 +0000Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the Rust 2024 Edition.
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Timestamps & referenced resources
- [@03:05] - RPIT lifetime capture rules
- [@08:00] - let chains in if and while
- [@19:15] - Match ergonomics reservations
- [@24:49] - Unsafe
externblocks - [@29:15] - Unsafe attributes
- [@32:03] - unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn warning
- [@34:51] - Disallow references to static mut
- [@39:20] - Never type fallback change
- [@43:33] - Macro Fragment Specifiers
- [@47:47] -
genkeyword - [@49:36] - Changes to the prelude
- [@50:32] - Add
IntoIteratorforBox<[T]> - [@56:03] - Newly unsafe functions
- [@58:51] - Rust-version aware Cargo resolver
- [@1:03:03] - Cargo table and key name consistency
- [@1:03:57] - Reject unused inherited default-features
- [@1:05:37] - Rustdoc combined doctests
- [@1:07:13] - Rustdoc nested
include!change - [@1:09:19] - The rustfmt style edition
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: synchis
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Jon Gjengset
Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel