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+Title: This Week in Rust 108
+Number: 108
+Date: 2015-12-07
+Category: This Week in Rust
+
+Hello and welcome to another issue of *This Week in Rust*!
+[Rust](http://rust-lang.org) is a systems language pursuing the trifecta:
+safety, concurrency, and speed. This is a weekly summary of its progress and
+community. Want something mentioned? Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) or [send us an
+email](mailto:corey@octayn.net?subject=This%20Week%20in%20Rust%20Suggestion)!
+Want to get involved? [We love
+contributions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+*This Week in Rust* is openly developed [on GitHub](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust).
+If you find any errors in this week's issue, [please submit a PR](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust/pulls).
+
+This week's edition was edited by: [nasa42](https://github.com/nasa42), [brson](https://github.com/brson), and [llogiq](https://github.com/llogiq).
+
+
+# Updates from Rust Community
+
+## News & Blog Posts
+
+* [Rustaceans: Please keep a changelog](https://blog.dbrgn.ch/2015/12/1/rust-crates-keep-a-changelog/)!
+* [Building a simple JIT in Rust](http://www.jonathanturner.org/2015/12/building-a-simple-jit-in-rust.html).
+* [Build an API in Rust with JWT authentication using Nickel.rs](https://auth0.com/blog/2015/11/30/build-an-api-in-rust-with-jwt-authentication-using-nickelrs/).
+* [Using Wayland from Rust, part 1](http://blog.levans.fr/rust_wayland_1-en.html).
+* [Language of the month: Rust, the results](https://gergely.imreh.net/blog/2015/12/lotm-rust-results/).
+* [embed_lang - An embeddable language written in Rust](https://marwes.github.io/2015/12/06/embed_lang-An-embeddable-language-written-in-Rust.html).
+* [Implementing a SuperCollider UGen in Rust](http://www.andrewchristophersmith.com/blog/implementing_a_supercollider_external_in_rust/).
+* [This week in Redox OS 7](http://www.redox-os.org/news/this-week-in-redox-7/).
+* [This week in Servo 43](http://blog.servo.org/2015/11/30/twis-43/).
+
+## Notable New Crates & Project Updates
+
+* [MIO released v0.5 which includes support for Windows, NetBSD, and Android](https://github.com/carllerche/mio/blob/v0.5.x/CHANGELOG.md).
+* [Rust by Example](http://rustbyexample.com/) now has a new [error handling section](http://rustbyexample.com/error.html) via this [PR](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/pull/674).
+* [notty](https://github.com/withoutboats/notty). A new kind of terminal.
+* [Collenchyma](https://github.com/autumnai/collenchyma). High Performance Computation for CUDA, OpenCL and common CPU.
+* [gaol](https://github.com/pcwalton/gaol). Cross-platform application sandboxing for Rust.
+* [RobotS](https://github.com/gamazeps/RobotS). Actor system for Rust, inspired by Akka & Erlang.
+* [kaws](https://github.com/InQuicker/kaws). A tool for deploying multiple Kubernetes clusters in AWS using CoreOS, GPG, and Terraform.
+* [Kinglet](https://github.com/pyfisch/kinglet). A modern asynchronous HTTP server for Rust.
+* [Rugra](https://github.com/Ticki/rugra). An ultra minimal graphics engine in Rust.
+* [inlinable_string](https://github.com/fitzgen/inlinable_string). An owned, grow-able UTF-8 string that stores small strings inline and avoids heap-allocation.
+
+# Updates from Rust Core
+
+92 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged].
+
+[merged]: https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-11-30..2015-12-07
+
+See the [triage digest][triage] and [subteam reports][subteam] for more details.
+
+[triage]: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/triage-digest-mon-dec-07-2015/2970
+[subteam]: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/subteam-reports-2015-12-04/2963
+
+## Notable changes
+
+* [Implement calling of `const fn`-methods in true constants](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/30084).
+* [Add suggestion of similar macro names to `macro undefined` error message](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/30064).
+* [Fix various bugs around empty structs and patterns](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/29383).
+* [Allow constant evaluation of index operations on constant arrays and repeat expressions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/25570).
+* [Implement RFC 16, attributes on statements and expressions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/29850).
+* [std: Stabilize APIs for the 1.6 release](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/30187).
+* [Cargo: Allow build scripts to specify dependencies](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/2134).
+
+## New Contributors
+
+* Adam Badawy
+* Bhargav Patel
+* Christopher Sumnicht
+* Mihaly Barasz
+* Mika Attila
+* Ori Avtalion
+* Paul A. Jungwirth
+* Sean Griffin
+
+## Approved RFCs
+
+Changes to Rust follow the Rust [RFC (request for comments)
+process](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs#rust-rfcs). These
+are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:
+
+
+*No RFCs were approved this week!*
+
+## Final Comment Period
+
+Every week [the team](https://rust-lang.org/team.html) announces the
+'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a
+decision. Express your opinions now. [This week's FCPs][fcp] are:
+
+[fcp]: https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+label%3Afinal-comment-period+is%3Aopen
+
+* [Amend RFC 550 with (expanded) abstract specification rather than algorithm](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1384).
+* [Add a `IndexAssign` trait that allows overloading "indexed assignment" expressions like `a[b] = c`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1129).
+* [Allow eliding more type parameters](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1196).
+* [Add thread-local custom panic handlers to customize the behavior of thread panics](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1100).
+* [Allow a custom panic handler](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1328).
+* [Add an `alias` attribute to `#[link]` and `-l`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1296).
+
+## New RFCs
+
+* [Allocators, take III](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1398).
+* [Add `#[repr(pack = "N")]`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1399).
+* [Add `try_some` macro equivalent to `try!`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1394).
+* [Expand `try!` macro with additional case](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1393).
+* [Add a `pod` language item and marker trait](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1387).
+
+# Upcoming Events
+
+* [12/8. San Diego Rust Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/San-Diego-Rust/events/226694618/).
+* [12/9. RustBerlin Hack and Learn](http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Berlin/).
+* [12/10. Columbus Rust Society](http://www.meetup.com/columbus-rs/).
+* [12/11. Rhein-Main Area Rust Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/de/Rust-Rhein-Main/events/226858571/).
+* [12/14. Seattle Rust Meetup](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mozilla-rust-seattle-meetup-tickets-12222326307?aff=erelexporg).
+* [12/15. Rust - Rethinking Systems Programming](http://www.meetup.com/de/NewStore/events/225945950/).
+* [12/21. Paris - Rust Paris](http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Paris).
+
+If you are running a Rust event please add it to the [calendar] to get
+it mentioned here. Email [Erick Tryzelaar][erickt] or [Brian
+Anderson][brson] for access.
+
+[calendar]: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=apd9vmbc22egenmtu5l6c5jbfc%40group.calendar.google.com
+[erickt]: mailto:erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com
+[brson]: mailto:banderson@mozilla.com
+
+# fn work(on: RustProject) -> Money
+
+* [Research Engineer - Servo](https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/ozy21fwU) at Mozilla.
+* [Senior Research Engineer - Rust](https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o0H41fww) at Mozilla.
+* [Open Source Software Engineer](http://maidsafe.net/careers) at MaidSafe.
+* [Software Engineer - Sensor Development](https://gethired.com/apply/ac642822-b445-4fee-9d44-65827f0381f5) at IronNet Cybersecurity.
+
+*Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) to get your job offers listed here!*
+
+# Crate of the Week
+
+This week's Crate of the Week is [cargo-count](https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-count) – a neat way to summarize line counts for cargo projects.
+
+Thanks to [lizida](https://users.rust-lang.org/users/lizida) who suggested it back in September. [Submit your suggestions for next week][submit_crate]!
+
+[submit_crate]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/crate-of-the-week/2704
+
+# Quote of the Week
+
+> The major philosophic difference between Rust today and Swift-as-I-envision-it is that Rust forces you to think about ownership everywhere, but Swift-as-I-envision-it should only force you to think about single ownership & borrowing if you want to optimize performance or guarantee that you have no encounters with the runtime.
+
+> If it helps, think of the extant Swift "inout" parameter modifier as being equivalent to "&mut", and imagine the logical swift extensions to support the rest of the Rust model.
+
+> This is a really important area for us to develop, but it also isn't the highest priority of the team. That means that Rust will maintain a lead in this area of applicability... unless someone motivated and capable from the open source community decides that it is really important to them, and makes it happen sooner.
+
+— Chris Lattner on [/r/rust](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/3vadg8/swift_is_open_source/cxnu2kk).
+
+Thanks to [llogiq](https://github.com/llogiq) for the tip.
+
+[Submit your quotes for next week][submit]!
+
+[submit]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328