Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the 1.79 and 1.80 releases of Rust.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@01:02 ] - Rust 1.79

• [@01:02 ] - Inline const expressions


• [@08:33 ] - Bounds in associated type position


• [@14:11 ] - Extending automatic temporary lifetime extension
  
  
  
  • Mara’s blog post on temporary lifetimes
  
  
  
  


• [@21:55 ] - Frame pointers enabled in standard library builds
  
  
  
  • Does omitting the frame pointer really affect performance?
  
  
  
  


• [@25:37 ] - Stabilized APIs
  
  
  
  • [@25:37 ] - {integer}::unchecked_add
  
  
  • [@27:39 ] - <*const [T]>::len
  
  
  • [@29:21 ] - <[u8]>::utf8_chunks
  
  
  • [@31:21 ] - CStr::count_bytes
  
  
  • [@32:41 ] - num::NonZero<T>
  
  
  • [@36:30 ] - io::Error::downcast
  
  
  • [@36:50 ] - path::absolute
  
  
  
  


• [@38:18 ] - Changelog deep-dive
  
  
  
  • [@38:31 ] - Stabilize WASM target features that are in phase 4 and 5
  
  
  • [@39:15 ] - Document overrides of clone_from() in core/std
  
  
  • [@41:46 ] - Switch to using gitoxide by default for listing files in cargo
  
  
  • [@43:03 ] - Stabilize lint unnameable_types
  
  
  • [@44:46 ] - manual_clamp lint
  
  
  
  

[@45:46 ] - Rust 1.80

• [@46:09 ] - LazyCell and LazyLock


• [@53:42 ] - Checked cfg names and values
  
  
  
  • Detailed blog post on checked cfg
  
  
  
  


• [@56:41 ] - Exclusive ranges in patterns


• [@58:52 ] - Stabilized APIs
  
  
  
  • [@59:05 ] - Vec::<[T; N]>::into_flattened
    
    
    
    • <[[T; N]]>::as_flattened
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • [@1:00:31 ] - <[u8]>::trim_ascii
  
  
  • [@1:02:06 ] - NonNull::add and other ptr-like methods
  
  
  • [@1:03:41 ] - impl IntoIterator for Box<[T]>
  
  
  • [@1:05:46 ] - Option::take_if
  
  
  • [@1:07:30 ] - Ipv4Addr::to_bits
  
  
  
  


• [@1:09:10 ] - Changelog deep-dive
  
  
  
  • [@1:09:25 ] - x86_64-unknown-linux-none
  
  
  • [@1:11:07 ] - Add size_of and align_of to the prelude
  
  
  • [@1:12:34 ] - Never type fallback flowing into unsafe
  
  
  • [@1:17:29 ] - New panics and aborts in the standard library
    
    
    
    • Abort when OwnedFd is violated
    
    
    • Panic if set_extension adds /
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • [@1:20:28 ] - Restore enum variants in rustdoc for type aliases
  
  
  • [@1:21:12 ] - Change assigning_clones lint to pedantic
  
  
  • [@1:22:15 ] - Turn lints into hard errors
  
  
  • [@1:22:49 ] - env::set_var regression
  
  
  • [@1:24:34 ] - StdoutLock regression
  
  
  
  

[@1:26:00 ] - Rust 1.80.1

Fixes miscompilation when comparing
floats
and false positives in the dead_code
lint.

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Jon Gjengset

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Jon Gjengset

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel