Title: This Week in Rust 94 Number: 94 Date: 2015-08-31 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 * [The New MongoDB Rust Driver](https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/the-new-mongodb-rust-driver). * [Lock-freedom without garbage collection](https://aturon.github.io/blog/2015/08/27/epoch/). * [SIMD in Rust](https://huonw.github.io/blog/2015/08/simd-in-rust/). * [An Optimising BF Compiler](http://www.wilfred.me.uk/blog/2015/08/29/an-optimising-bf-compiler/). Writing a highly optimised Brainfuck compiler in Rust. * [Another Year With Conrod](http://blog.piston.rs/2015/08/26/another-year-with-conrod/). An update on Conrod - a GUI written in Rust. * [Learning Rust Modules](http://www.walkercoderanger.com/blog/2015/08/learning-rust-modules/) (from a C# developer's perspective). * [Parser Combinator Experiments in Rust - Part 2: Error handling](https://m4rw3r.github.io/parser-combinator-experiments-errors/). # New Releases & Project Updates * [Rust web framework comparison](https://github.com/flosse/rust-web-framework-comparison). A comparison of some web frameworks written in Rust. * [eco](https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/eco). A tool for reasoning about breaking changes in Rust ecosystems. * [mioco](https://github.com/dpc/mioco). Scalable, asynchronous IO coroutine-based handling for Rust (aka MIO COroutines). * [cargo-vendor](https://github.com/alexcrichton/cargo-vendor). Cargo subcommand to vendor crates.io dependencies. * [regex-dfa](https://github.com/jneem/regex-dfa). Proof of concept for fast regexes in Rust (a regex -> DFA compiler). * [rust-gc](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-gc). Simple tracing (mark and sweep) garbage collector for Rust. * [torch](https://github.com/mrhooray/torch). Generate CPU FlameGraphs based on DWARF Debug Info. * [libwebpki](https://github.com/briansmith/webpki). Web PKI Certificate Validation in Rust. * [sokoban-rs](https://github.com/swatteau/sokoban-rs). An implementation of Sokoban in Rust. * [urdict](https://github.com/sunng87/urdict). Command line client for Urban Dictionary. * [power-assert-rs](https://github.com/gifnksm/power-assert-rs). Power Assert in Rust. Provides better assertion message. * [rust-passert](https://github.com/manuel-woelker/rust-passert). Pretty/Power assertion macros for Rust. * [colerr](https://github.com/dpc/colerr). Wrap a given process and colorize it's standard error output. * [minesweeper-rs](https://github.com/Vinatorul/minesweeper-rs). Simple minesweeper in Rust. # What's cooking on nightly? 104 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged]. [merged]: https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2015-08-24..2015-08-31 # New Contributors * Adam Crume * Artem Shitov * Cesar Eduardo Barros * Daan Rijks * Jake Shadle * Matěj Grabovský * Michael Choate * Nikolay Kondratyev * Overmind JIANG * Tim JIANG # 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 1212: Change all functions dealing with reading "lines" to treat both '\n' and '\r\n'](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1212). * [RFC 1242: Policy for rust-lang crates](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1242). * [RFC 1194: Add item recovery collection APIs](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1194). * [RFC 1236: Stabilize `catch_panic`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1236). # 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%3A2015-08-24..2015-08-31 * [Add the family of `[Op]Assign` traits to allow overloading assignment operations like `a += b`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/953). * [Implement raw fat pointer comparisons](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1135). * [Expand the `std::net` module to bind more low-level interfaces](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1158). * [Allow a `x...y` expression to create an inclusive range](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1192). * [Add `Box::leak` to leak `Box` to `&'static mut T`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1233). * [Forbid wildcard dependencies on crates.io](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1241). # New RFCs * [Add a new `ToOpt` trait and have `bool` implement it](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1265). * [`macro_rules!` should support gensym for creating items](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1266). * [Implement `.drain(range)` and `.drain()` respectively as appropriate on collections](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1257). * [UX guidelines for the Rust compiler](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1246). * [TRPLF] [Pauseless Concurrent Garbage Collector](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/rfc-pauseless-concurrent-garbage-collector/2624). # Upcoming Events * 9/2. Rust Berlin Hack & Learn. * [9/14. Seattle Rust Meetup](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mozilla-rust-seattle-meetup-tickets-12222326307?aff=erelexporg). * [9/15. San Diego Rust Meetup #8](http://www.meetup.com/San-Diego-Rust/events/224577039/). 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 *"And God said, Noah you must transport these animals across a large body of water... but they are not Send. And Noah replied, I shall build a great Arc!"* — [durka42 on #rust](https://botbot.me/mozilla/rust/2015-08-28/?msg=48406438&page=23) Thanks to [tomprogrammer](https://users.rust-lang.org/users/tomprogrammer) for the tip. [Submit your quotes for next week!][submit]. [submit]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328