Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the 1.76, 1.77, and 1.78 releases of Rust.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@00:34] - Rust 1.76

[@01:18] - ABI compatibility updates
- The updated ABI section
- An interesting article on ABIs in Swift vs Rust
[@08:53] - Type names from references
- type_name
- type_name_of_val
[@10:35] - Stabilized APIs
- [@10:56] - Result::inspect
- [@13:53] - Arc::unwrap_or_clone
- [@15:25] - std::hash::DefaultHasher
- [@18:01] - ptr::addr_eq
[@21:30] - Changelog deep-dive
- [@21:33] - Resize/hide rustdoc bars

[@22:40] - Rust 1.77

[@22:51] - C-string literals
- std::ffi::CStr
[@28:20] - Support for recursion in async fn
[@31:43] - offset_of!
[@36:32] - Enable strip in release profiles by default
[@39:35] - Stabilized APIs
- [@39:36] - core::net
- [@40:59] - f64::round_ties_even
- [@42:05] - Mutex::clear_poison
- [@43:43] - File::create_new
  - OpenOptions
[@46:15] - Changelog deep-dive
- [@46:46] - Lint on references to static mut
  - SyncUnsafeCell
- [@50:05] - Undeprecate unstable_features lint
- [@51:37] - Deny braced macro invocation in let-else
  - Details from dtolnay comment
- [@55:45] - cargo:: in build scripts
- [@56:20] - Standardized package ID spec in Cargo
- [@57:36] - slice::first_chunk

[@59:55] - Rust 1.77.1

Stripping debug info in release builds broke Windows.

[@1:00:58] - Rust 1.77.2

Fixes CVE-2024-24576.

Detailed advisory, fix, and current logic.

[@1:04:54] - Rust 1.78

[@1:07:55] - Diagnostic attributes
- #[diagnostic] documentation
[@1:13:13] - Asserting unsafe preconditions
- Implementation PR
[@1:19:56] - Deterministic realignment
[@1:23:24] - Stabilized APIs
- [@1:23:33] - impl Read for &Stdin
- [@1:24:03] - Relax bounds on Error trait implementations
[@1:25:40] - Compatibility notes
- [@1:25:40] - Windows requirement bump
  - Replace pthread RwLock
  - Slim reader/writer locks
- [@1:29:25] - LLVM 18 brings *128 ABI change
[@1:32:04] - Changelog deep-dive
- [@1:32:04] - Make non-PartialEq-typed consts as patterns a hard error
- [@1:34:59] - Suggest moving definition if non-found macro_rules! is defined later
- [@1:36:08] - Stabilize v4 of Cargo lockfile
- [@1:37:36] - cargo update highlights stale dependencies
- [@1:38:23] - Deprecate non-extension .cargo/config files
- [@1:39:19] - Clippy lint assigning_clones
- [@1:40:49] - Clippy lint incompatible_msrv
- [@1:42:22] - cargo new stopped commenting in Cargo.toml

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Aerocity

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Jon Gjengset

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel

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