Title: This Week in Rust 74 Date: 2015-03-16 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? 99 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged], and 3 [RFC PRs][rfcs]. [merged]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-03-09..2015-03-16 [rfcs]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-03-09..2015-03-16 Now you can follow breaking changes *[as they happen][BitRust]*! [BitRust]: http://rawgit.com/mrmonday/bitrust/gh-pages/index.html # Breaking Changes * [Rename `should_fail` to `should_panic`][fail]. * [Remove `?Sized` bounds from many I/O functions][sized]. * [Stabilize portions of `std::ios::$platform`][os]. * [Stabilize `std::io`][io]. * [Stabilize `std::path`][path]. [sized]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/23316 [fail]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21824 [os]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/23353 [io]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/23292 [path]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/23229 # Other Changes * [Improvements to `Debug` formatting][fmt]. [RFC][fmt-rfc]. [fmt]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/23162 [fmt-rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0640-debug-improvements.md # New Contributors * John Zhang * Ricardo Martins * Trent Nadeau # Approved RFCs * [RFC 803: Type ascription][asc]. [asc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0803-type-ascription.md # New RFCs * [DST custom coercions][dst]. * [read_all]. * [Align the count parameter of splitn with other languages][splitn]. * [Add unsized return values][unsized]. * [Generalize over mut and non-mut items][gen]. * [Make std::io iterators more convenient][iter]. * [Add material to stdio handling][stdio]. * [Add back bufferless read_to_string/end methods][buf]. * [Change Seek to be less enum-y][seek]. * [Make rustc and cargo produce optimized binaries by default][opt]. * [Add &own T][own]. [dst]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/982 [read_all]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/980 [splitn]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/979 [unsized]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/977 [gen]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/976 [iter]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/974 [stdio]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/973 [buf]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/970 [seek]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/969 [opt]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/967 [own]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/965 # Notable Links * [A Swift Guide to Rust][swift]. Good intro for systems programmers. * [Weekly-meetings/2015-03-10][mtg]. * [Learning Cap'n'Proto RPC][cap]. * [Tutorial: how to collect test coverages for Rust project][cov]. lifthrasiir has gotten kcov working with Rust. [mtg]: https://github.com/rust-lang/meeting-minutes/blob/master/weekly-meetings/2015-03-10.md [cap]: http://www.hoverbear.org/2015/03/09/learning-capn-proto-rpc/ [swift]: http://faq.sealedabstract.com/rust/ [cov]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/tutorial-how-to-collect-test-coverages-for-rust-project/650 # Project Updates * [Phage]. A 7-day roguelike with pretty graphics. * [This Week in Servo 27][twis]. * [urlp]. A simple CLI for parsing URLs. * [solicit]. An HTTP/2 library. * [google-apis-rs]. Bindings to many Google APIs. * [handmade_hero_nostd]. An implementation of [Handmade Hero](https://handmadehero.org/). * [crc-rs]. CRC32 and CRC64. * [titanium]. A 64-bit kernel for ARM. [Phage]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/2z01t0/phage_a_completed_7day_roguelike_in_rust/ [twis]: http://blog.servo.org/2016/03/11/twis-27/ [urlp]: https://github.com/clayallsopp/urlp [solicit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2ytj97/an_http2_library_in_rust/ [google-apis-rs]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2yxjbp/rfc_google_rust_client_apis/ [handmade_hero_nostd]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2z3i26/my_personal_implementation_of_handmade_hero_in/ [crc-rs]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2z6m9c/rust_implementation_of_crc32_64/ [titanium]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2z71vz/a_far_from_complete_kernel_in_rust_armv8_aarch64/ # Upcoming Events * [3/16 Rust Paris][paris]. * [3/18 Copenhagen Tech Polyglot Meetup][cope]. * [4/1 Amsterdam Hack Night][am]. [paris]: http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Paris [cope]: http://www.meetup.com/Copenhagen-Tech-Polyglots/events/220800093/ [am]: http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Amsterdam/events/220668018/ 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 # Quote of the Week ```text < reem> I'm quite interested in discovering this HTTP/2 library, but I can't bring myself to read four paragraphs of small caps ``` In reference to last week's [celebration] of Terry Pratchett on /r/rust. Thanks to bstrie for the tip. [Submit your quotes for next week!][submit]. [submit]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328 [celebration]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2yuumb/ok_what_happened_to_the_font_on_this_sub/