Title: This Week in Rust 72 Date: 2015-03-02 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? [Send me 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/wiki/Note-guide-for-new-contributors). *This Week in Rust* is openly developed [on GitHub](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust). If you find any errors or omissions in this week's issue, [please submit a PR](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust/pulls). # What's cooking on master? 135 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged], and 1 [RFC PR][rfcs]. [merged]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-02-23..2015-03-02 [rfcs]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-02-23..2015-03-02 Now you can follow breaking changes *[as they happen][BitRust]*! [BitRust]: http://bitrust.octarineparrot.com/ ## Breaking Changes * [Partial implementation for UFCS trait-less associated paths][ufcs]. * [Basic implementation of the string pattern API][pat]. * [Deprecate std::sync::TaskPool][taskpool]. [ufcs]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22172 [pat]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22466 [taskpool]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22783 ## Other Changes * [Add support for default trait implementations][def]. * [Allow methods that require `Self:Sized` to be object safe][safe]. * [Permit `T::Item` based on bounds that appear in where clauses][where]. [def]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21689 [safe]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22301 [where]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/22512 ## New Contributors * defuz * FuGangqiang * JP-Ellis * lummax * Michał Krasnoborski * nwin * Raphael Nestler * Ryan Prichard * Scott Olson ## Approved RFCs Mysteriously, during the week of February 23 to March 1 there were no RFCs approved to The Rust Language. ## New RFCs * [Disallow parenthesized types][paren]. * [Proposed EOF reinstatement][eof]. * [Reserve more numeric types][num]. * [Move `std::thread_local::*` into `std::thread`][thread]. * [Remove `as_mut_vec` from `String`][string]. * [Const functions and inherent methods][const]. * [Improve CString construction methods][cstring]. * [Entry API v3][entry]. * [Named and destructable self][self]. [paren]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/901 [eof]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/903 [num]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/907 [thread]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/909 [string]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/910 [const]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/911 [cstring]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/912 [entry]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/921 [self]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/922 # Quote of the Week *"I must kindly ask that you please not go around telling people to disregard the rules of our community. Violations of Rule #6 will absolutely not be tolerated."* [kibwen is serious][serious] about upholding community standards. [serious]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2xl9fa/meta_definitely_offtopic_what_does_the_bee_rule/cp169jw # Notable Links * [Introduction to Systems Programming with Rust][sys]. A video by Mozilla's Lars Bergstrom. * [Experience Report: Developing the Servo Web Browser Engine using Rust][servo]. By the busy Lars Bergstrom, et. al. * [A tutorial on creating a drop-in replacement for rustc][replace]. * [What do C/C++ systems programmers think of Rust?][what] * [What's your killer Rust feature][killer]? Rust is super. * [What significant language/runtime features were removed][removed]? A trip down memory lane. * [Experiences migrating a go project to Rust][go]. * [Weekly-meetings/2015-02-24][mtg]. `should_fail`; irc; error codes; type ascription; triage. * [A list of Rust IRC channels][irc]. There are a great many. * [An alternative introduction to Rust][alt]. [mtg]: https://github.com/rust-lang/meeting-minutes/blob/master/weekly-meetings/2015-02-24.md [irc]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/a-list-of-rust-irc-channels/472/2 [replace]: https://github.com/nick29581/stupid-stats/blob/master/README.md [what]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2wuxbe/quora_what_do_cc_systems_programmers_think_of_rust/ [killer]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2x0h17/whats_your_killer_rust_feature/ [removed]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2x2pon/what_significant_languageruntime_features_were/ [go]: http://learncamlirust.blogspot.de/ [sys]: https://vimeo.com/120512790 [alt]: http://words.steveklabnik.com/a-new-introduction-to-rust [servo]: http://kmcallister.github.io/papers/2015-servo-experience-report-draft1.pdf # Project Updates * [Raft: A First Prototype][raft]. Hoverbear's implementation of the Raft consensus algorithm is working. * [This Week in Servo 25][twis]. * [Rust DT]. An Eclipse-based Rust IDE that is making good progress. * [Rust Share]. Share to play.rust-lang.org Straight from Sublime Text. * [Kuchiki]. A vaporware HTML/XML tree manipulation library. * [sketchy]. Probabalistic data structures. * [ld9]. An OS X to Plan 9 cross-linker! * [nom]. A byte oriented, zero copy parser combinator library with streaming support * [There are Gentoo packages for Rust][gentoo]. * [literator]. Macros for container initialization. * [open]. The 'open anything' library. * [yup-oauth2]. An OAuthV2 library. * [external_mixin]. A macro for generating Rust code using other languages. * [clap]. Getopts-like argument parser. [Rust Share]: https://github.com/GravityScore/Rust-Share [Kuchiki]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/kuchiki-a-vaporware-html-xml-tree-manipulation-library/435/6 [raft]: http://www.hoverbear.org/2015/02/24/raft-update-3/ [sketchy]: https://github.com/codahale/sketchy [ld9]: https://github.com/alexchandel/ld9 [twis]: http://blog.servo.org/2015/02/24/twis-25/ [nom]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2x3mg0/nom_a_byte_oriented_zero_copy_parser_combinator/ [Rust DT]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/rustdt-0-1-0-released-a-new-eclipse-rust-ide/460 [gentoo]: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-lang/rust [literator]: https://github.com/kmcallister/literator [open]: https://crates.io/crates/open [yup-oauth2]: https://crates.io/crates/yup-oauth2 [external_mixin]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2xch94/rust_mixin_python_mixin_macro_rules_with_realer/ [clap]: https://github.com/kbknapp/clap-rs # Upcoming Events * [3/9 Seattle][seattle]. * [3/10 San Diego][sd]. * [3/16 Paris][paris]. * [3/17 San Francisco][sf]. [seattle]: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mozilla-rust-seattle-meetup-tickets-12222326307?aff=erelexporg [sd]: http://sandiego.rs [paris]: http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Paris [sf]: http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Bay-Area/events/220627544/ 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