What's New in Rust 1.44 and 1.45

Jon and Ben examine the features of Rust 1.44 and Rust 1.45.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@01:21] - Rust 1.44 (Detailed Release Notes)

• [@01:50] - cargo tree subcommand
• [@04:52] - async/await in #[no_std] contexts
• [@12:16] - Unicode 13 is now supported
• [@17:16] - rustc now respects the -C codegen-units flag in incremental mode
• [@18:47] - Special cased vec![] to map directly to Vec::new()

[@28:51] - Rust 1.45

• [@29:14] - Fixing an unsoundness in float to integer casts
• [@39:16] - Stabilizing function-like procedural macros in expressions, patterns, and statements

• [@43:29] - str::strip_prefix and str::strip_suffix

• Bonus: Opening up the Rust Core Team agenda
  • See also: The Inside Rust Blog

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Jeremy Jung

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Ben Striegel

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel