What's New in Rust 1.39

Jon and Ben review the long-awaited changes in Rust 1.39.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

• [@1:03] - References to by-move bindings in match guards
• [@2:44] - Attributes on function parameters
• [@7:01] - Borrow check migration warnings are hard errors in Rust 2018
  • “NLL for Rust 2015” in Rustacean Station episode on Rust 1.36 (timestamp: 36:24)
• [@10:15] - More const fns in the standard library
  • Inside Rust Blog: if and match in constants on nightly Rust
• [@14:16] - Improvements to std::time::Instant
• [@16:22] - rustup 1.20.0
• [@19:32] - Stable async/await
  • “std::future” in Rustacean Station episode on Rust 1.36 (timestamp: 4:27)
  • How Rust optimizes async/await I
  • How Rust optimizes async/await II
  • Rust Blog: Async-await on stable Rust!
  • Announcing the Async Interviews
  • wasm-bindgen-futures
• [@34:42] - What’s next in Rust?
  • Polonius
  • Chalk
• [@36:20] - A public call for feedback for the Rust 2020 Development Roadmap

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Jeremy Jung

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Ben Striegel

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel