What's new in Rust 1.38

Jon and Ben review the changes introduced by the Rust 1.38 release.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@1:15] - Pipelined compilation
[@3:25] - Linting some incorrect uses of mem::uninitialized

Rustacean Station episode on Rust 1.36 with discussion on std::mem::MaybeUninit


[@6:30] - #[deprecated] attribute on macros

Rust reference: Diagnostic attributes


[@11:30] - std::any::type_name

Security advisory for the destabilization of std::error::Error::type_id in Rust 1.34.2


[@16:00] - slice::{concat, connect, join} now accepts &[T] in addition to &T
[@18:10] - *const T and *mut T now implement std::marker::Unpin
[@20:55] - New convenience methods for working with std::time::Duration
[@22:25] - cargo fix --clippy
[@23:40] - Diff-friendly format for Cargo.lock
[@25:00] - Looking forward to Rust 1.39

futures v0.3 milestone
tokio v0.2 milestone
tower v0.1 milestone
hyper v0.13 milestone

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Zoran Zaric

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Ben Striegel

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel