Title: This Week in Rust 93 Number: 93 Date: 2015-08-24 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/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 in this week's issue, [please submit a PR](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust/pulls). # From the Blogosphere * [Rust-101](https://www.ralfj.de/projects/rust-101/main.html). A hands-on Rust tutorial. * [The glium library](https://medium.com/@tomaka/the-glium-library-5be149d87dc1). Challenges in exposing a safe API over an unsafe C library. * [Building an iOS App in Rust, Part 2: Passing Primitive Data Between Rust and iOS](https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/building-an-ios-app-in-rust-part-2/). Read Part 1 [here](https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/building-an-ios-app-in-rust-part-1/). * [Mozilla’s Servo Lets Rust Shine](http://thenewstack.io/mozillas-servo-lets-rust-shine/). * [Three months of Rust](http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2015/06/04/three-months-of-rust/). * [Configuring Emacs for Rust](http://bassam.co/emacs/2015/08/24/rust-with-emacs/). * [Dissecting Crates.io: Bare Minimum Mirror](https://gmjosack.github.io/posts/dissecting-cratesio-minimum-mirror/). * [Using Docker to Test Rust on Linux](http://hermanradtke.com/2015/08/23/using-docker-to-test-rust-on-linux.html). * [Community Versions for Rust](http://words.steveklabnik.com/community-versions-for-rust). * [Virtual Structs Part 3: Bringing Enums and Structs Together](http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2015/08/20/virtual-structs-part-3-bringing-enums-and-structs-together/). * [Parser Combinator Experiments in Rust](https://m4rw3r.github.io/parser-combinator-experiments-rust/). * [Closures as Anti-Lifetime-Gluteal-Bite-Device](https://llogiq.github.io/2015/08/19/closure.html). # New Releases & Project Updates * [Rust by Example](http://rustbyexample.com/) now [tracks stable Rust](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/pull/636), [uses container-based Travis infrastructure](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/pull/637), and [is tested against all three channels](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/pull/638). - A [comparison of web frameworks](https://github.com/flosse/rust-web-framework-comparison) written in Rust. * [octavo](https://github.com/hauleth/octavo). Highly modular & configurable hash & crypto library written in pure Rust. * [Ammonia](https://github.com/notriddle/rust-ammonia). A whitelist-based HTML sanitization library. * [mm](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/3i4qd7/mm_general_purpose_math_and_multimedia_libraries/). General purpose math and multimedia libraries. * [etcd](https://github.com/jimmycuadra/rust-etcd). A Rust client library for etcd. * [proc](https://github.com/danburkert/proc-rs). A Rust library for accessing Linux process and system information. * [scoped-threadpool-rs](https://github.com/Kimundi/scoped-threadpool-rs). A library for scoped and cached threadpools. * [imgui-rs](https://github.com/Gekkio/imgui-rs). Rust bindings for ImGui. # What's cooking on nightly? 86 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged]. [merged]: https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-08-17..2015-08-24 # New Contributors * jotomicron * Marc-Antoine Perennou * Martin Wernstål # 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: * [RFC 1200: Add `cargo install`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1200). * [RFC 1211: Introduce a mid-level IR (MIR) in the compiler](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1211). # 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+updated%3A2015-08-17..2015-08-24 * [Policy for rust-lang crates](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1242). * [Stabilize `catch_panic`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1236). * [`CoerceUnsized` should ignore `PhantomData` fields](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1234). * [Turn statically known erroneous code into a warning and continue normal code-generation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1229). * [Define a "line" as terminated by either `\n` or `\r\n`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1212). * [Pretty print `Debug` of tuples, tuple structs and enum variants in a single line](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1198). * [Add item recovery collection APIs](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1194). * [Allow a `x...y` expression to create an inclusive range](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1192). * [Implement raw fat pointer comparisons](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1135). * [Add the family of `[Op]Assign` traits to allow overloading assignment operations like `a += b`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/953). # New RFCs * [New `str` and `String` API](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1253). * [`RawOs` marker traits](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1256). * [Missing edge-case when destructuring](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1261). * [Splitting variants of `str::starts_with` and `ends_with`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1262). * [Add a lint to warn about negative literal / method call precedence](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1263). * [Add `CStr::from_bytes`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1264). # Upcoming Events * [8/26. Columbus Rust Society](http://www.meetup.com/columbus-rs/). * [8/31. 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 *No jobs listed for this week. Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) to get your job offers listed here!* # Quote of the Week *"`unsafe` is as viral and pernicious as pop music, though obviously not as dangerous."* — [Daniel Keep](https://users.rust-lang.org/users/DanielKeep) at [TRPLF](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/pure-rust-and-safe-badges/2451/27). Thanks to [llogiq](https://users.rust-lang.org/users/llogiq) for the tip. [Submit your quotes for next week!][submit]. 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