Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the 1.74 and 1.75 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

[@00:13 ] - Rust 1.74

• [@00:21 ] - Lint configuration through Cargo


• [@07:42 ] - Cargo registry authentication
  
  
  
  • Cargo documentation
  
  
  
  


• [@11:02 ] - Projections into opaque return types


• [@14:23 ] - Stabilized APIs
  
  
  
  • [@14:23 ] - io::Error::other
  
  
  • [@15:38 ] - Saturating wrapper type
  
  
  • [@18:43 ] - const transmute_copy
  
  
  
  


• [@18:03 ] - Compatibility notes


• [@20:51 ] - Changelog deep-dive
  
  
  
  • [@20:51 ] - --keep-going
  
  
  • [@22:42 ] - Cargo -p partial versions
  
  
  • [@24:21 ] - Warning boxes in rustdoc
  
  
  • [@26:02 ] - Generic parameters in rustdoc search
  
  
  • [@29:08 ] - impl Step for Ipv4
  
  
  • [@31:33 ] - private_in_public lint
    
    
    
    • RFC 2145
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • [@36:02 ] - New Cargo lockfile recommendation
    
    
    
    • Rationale
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

[@37:34 ] - Rust 1.74.1

No super interesting changes.

But, check in on PR filed during stream.

[@41:56 ] - Rust 1.75

• [@41:56 ] - async fn and -> impl Trait in traits
  
  
  
  • Blog announcing what’s actually stabilizing
  
  
  • Jon’s impl Trait talk
  
  
  
  


• [@55:34 ] - Pointer byte offset APIs


• [@58:22 ] - Code layout optimizations for rustc
  
  
  
  • BOLT
  
  
  
  


• [@1:04:34 ] - Stabilized APIs
  
  
  
  • [@1:04:34 ] - Atomic*::from_ptr
  
  
  • [@1:06:42 ] - OS-independent file times
  
  
  • [@1:07:46 ] - Option::as_slice
    
    
    
    • Long reddit comment
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• [@1:09:59 ] - Changelog deep-dive
  
  
  
  • [@1:09:59 ] - impl BufRead for VecDeque<u8>
  
  
  • [@1:12:40 ] - Workspace-aware cargo new
  
  
  • [@1:13:20 ] - matching with exhaustive integer ranges
  
  
  • [@1:14:52 ] - Cross-crate auto-inlining for small fns
  
  
  • [@1:18:31 ] - Cargo output hyperlinking
  
  
  
  

[@1:22:00 ] - Mid-stream PR check-in

Another PR check-in and tracking in homu rustc build queue.

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Aerocity

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Jon Gjengset

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel