Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the 1.72 and 1.73 releases of Rust.

This episode was recorded as part of a YouTube live stream on
2024-05-18, which you can still
watch.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@03:49 ] - Rust 1.72.0

• [@04:24 ] - Report cfg-hidden items


• [@08:49 ] - Unlimited const evaluation time
  
  
  
  • The 2M limit
  
  
  
  


• [@12:52 ] - Uplifted clippy lints


• [@16:53 ] - Stabilized APIs
  
  
  
  • impl Sync for mpsc::Sender
  
  
  • String::leak
    
    
    
    • ACP for String::leak
    
    
    • PR filed live
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• [@25:46 ] - Future Windows compatibility


• [@26:20 ] - Changelog deep-dive
  
  
  
  • [@26:38 ] - -O -
  
  
  • [@27:43 ] - Rustdoc search
    
    
    
    • Whitespace as path separator
    
    
    • Search for slices and arrays
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • [@30:58 ] - Cargo will bail if build script uses cargo:: (actually in 1.73)
  
  
  • [@34:13 ] - Cargo if workspace uses old resolver
  
  
  • [@35:12 ] - cargo-add will better preserve Cargo.toml
  
  
  • [@36:11 ] - rustfmt let-else
  
  
  • [@37:49 ] - cargo -Zscript
  
  
  
  

[@41:05 ] - Rust 1.72.1

[@43:37 ] - Rust 1.73.0

• [@43:45 ] - Cleaner panic messages


• [@46:58 ] - Thread local initialization


• [@51:12 ] - Stabilized APIs
  
  
  
  • {integer}::next_multiple_of
  
  
  
  


• [@54:53 ] - Changelog deep-dive
  
  
  
  • [@55:00 ] - Unconditional recursion in drop
  
  
  • [@56:04 ] - Write Rust’s version into .comment section
    
    
    
    • Embed dependency versions into binary with cargo-sbom
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • [@58:30 ] - I/O traits for Arc<File>
  
  
  • [@59:34 ] - Make cargo --help easier to browse
  
  
  • [@1:03:01 ] - Merge io::Sink into io::Empty
  
  
  • [@1:05:11 ] - impl SliceIndex<str> for (Bound<usize>, Bound<usize>)
  
  
  
  

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Aerocity

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Jon Gjengset

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel