Title: This Week in Rust 109 Number: 109 Date: 2015-12-14 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 * balloontada [Announcing Rust 1.5](http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/12/10/Rust-1.5.html). tadaballoon * [Building an iOS app in Rust, Part 3](https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/building-an-ios-app-in-rust-part-3/). Passing owned objects between Rust and iOS. * [Writing an OS in Rust: Accessing and modifying page tables](http://os.phil-opp.com/modifying-page-tables.html). Part of the series [Writing an OS in Rust](http://os.phil-opp.com/). * [Rust programming: Creating a Phoronix reader application](https://www.gitbook.com/book/mmstick/rust-programming-phoronix-reader-how-to/details) * [Macro plans - syntax](http://www.ncameron.org/blog/macro-plans-syntax/). Proposal to improve the syntax for Rust macros. * [Zero-runtime-cost mixed list in Rust](https://nercury.github.io/rust/interesting/2015/12/12/typed-arrays.html). * [ArcadeRS 1.10: Asteroid attack!](https://jadpole.github.io/arcaders/arcaders-1-10/). Part of the series [ArcadeRS 1.0: The project](https://jadpole.github.io/arcaders/arcaders-1-0/) - a series whose objective is to explore the Rust programming language and ecosystem through the development of a simple, old-school shooter. * [Rust profiling with instruments and FlameGraph on OSX: CPU/Time](http://carol-nichols.com/2015/12/09/rust-profiling-on-osx-cpu-time/). * [Type-Level Shenanigans](https://llogiq.github.io/2015/12/12/types.html). * [This Week in Redox OS 8](http://www.redox-os.org/news/this-week-in-redox-8/). ## Notable New Crates & Project Updates * [rusty-cheddar](https://github.com/Sean1708/rusty-cheddar). A Rust plugin to automatically generate C-style header files. * [Iomrascálaí](https://github.com/ujh/iomrascalai). An AI for the game of Go/Weiqi/Baduk written in Rust. # Updates from Rust Core 78 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 ## Notable changes * [Store MIR in crate metadata](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/30301). * [Cargo: Bump to 0.8.0](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/2204). * [std: Remove deprecated functionality from 1.5](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/30182). * [std: Rename `thread::catch_panic` to `panic::recover`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/29937). * [Adjust the pointer to an unsized field to the correct alignment](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/30245). ## New Contributors * Brian Bowman * Daniel Campbell * Letheed * petevine * Tianyi Wang * Xmasreturns ## 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 * [Provide a syntactic sugar to automatically implement a given trait `Tr` using a pre-existing type implementing `Tr`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1406). * [Amend 0809 to reduce the number of traits](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1401). # Upcoming Events * [12/15. 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[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 [Quick Error](https://github.com/tailhook/quick-error) – a rust-macro which makes errors easy to write. Thanks to [killercup](https://users.rust-lang.org/users/killercup) for the suggestion. [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 > how do cats arbitrate access to a shared typesetting system? > with a mew-TeX — Nathaniel Theis on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/XMPPwocky/status/653963665431891968) Thanks to [Paul](https://twitter.com/pauldwoolcock/status/673281326414344192) for the tip. [Submit your quotes for next week][submit]! [submit]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328