Title: This Week in Rust 295 Number: 295 Date: 2019-07-16 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? Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) or [send us a pull request](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust). 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). # Updates from Rust Community ## News & Blog Posts * [Visual programming in embedded Rust with Apache Mynewt and Google Blockly](https://medium.com/@ly.lee/visual-programming-with-embedded-rust-yes-we-can-with-apache-mynewt-and-google-blockly-8b67ef7412d7). [Ferrous Systems: Rust Summer Classes in Berlin](https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/rust-summer-classes/) in Berlin. [gfx-rs Javelin project kick-off](https://gfx-rs.github.io/2019/07/13/javelin.html). # Crate of the Week This week's crate is [overloadable](https://crates.io/crates/overloadable), a crate to provides you with the capabilities to overload your functions in a similar style to C# or C++, including support for meta attributes, type parameters and constraints, and visibility modifiers Thanks to [Stevensonmt](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/crate-of-the-week/2704/585) for the suggestion! [Submit your suggestions and votes for next week][submit_crate]! [submit_crate]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/crate-of-the-week/2704 # Call for Participation Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but didn't know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started! Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information. * [js_int: wasm_bindgen support](https://github.com/jplatte/js_int/issues/7). js_int is JavaScript-interoperable integer types for Rust. * [js_int: Add a feature that adds a kind method to ParseIntError](https://github.com/jplatte/js_int/issues/8). * [js_int: Implement `std::iter::Sum` for `Int`, `UInt`](https://github.com/jplatte/js_int/issues/10). If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks [here][guidelines]. [guidelines]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-call-for-participation/4821 # Updates from Rust Core 235 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged] [merged]: https://github.com/search?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2019-07-08..2019-07-15 * [Update to LLVM 9](https://github.com/rust-lang/llvm-project/pull/19) (ongoing work) * [Update LLVM: apply patch necessary for ThinLTO on RISC-V](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62463) * [Use visitor for `#[structural_match]` check](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62339) * [Normalize projections appearing in `impl Trait`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62221) * [typeck: Merge opaque type inference logic](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62090) * [Fact generation for liveness calculations in Polonius](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/60266) * [Add key and value methods to DebugMap](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/60458) * [Add an AtomicCell abstraction](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62577) * [Add messages to `Option`'s and `Result`'s `must_use` annotation for `is_*`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62431) * [Prevent Vec::drain_filter from double dropping on panic](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/61224) * [Add `impl FromIterator for Arc/Rc<[T]>`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/61953) * [Add Iterator::partition_in_place() and is_partitioned()](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62278) * [Use `fold` in `Iterator::last` default implementation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62481) * [rustc guide: Add humor appendix](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-guide/pull/350) ## 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://www.rust-lang.org/team.html) announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now. ### [RFCs](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/labels/final-comment-period) *No RFCs are currently in final comment period.* ### [Tracking Issues & PRs](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/labels/final-comment-period) * [disposition: merge] [Tracking issue for the `cast` method of raw pointers](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/60602.) * [disposition: merge] [Stabilize todo macro](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/61879). * [disposition: merge] [Add `impl FromIterator for Arc/Rc<[T]>`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/61953). ## New RFCs * [Private registry authentication](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2719). # Upcoming Events ### Asia Pacific * [Jul 23. 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[Please submit quotes and vote for next week!](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328) *This Week in Rust is edited by: [nasa42](https://github.com/nasa42), [llogiq](https://github.com/llogiq), and [Flavsditz](https://github.com/Flavsditz).* [Discuss on r/rust]().