What's New in Rust 1.48 and 1.49
What's New in Rust 1.48 and 1.49  
Podcast: Rustacean Station
Published On: Wed Jan 13 2021
Description: Jon and Ben take a look at the features of the Rust 1.48 and 1.49 releases. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps & referenced resources [@01:10] - Rust 1.48 [@01:10] - Easier linking in Rustdoc [@03:57] - Adding search aliases in Rustdoc [@07:03] - Implement TryFrom> for fixed-length arrays slice::as_chunks [@10:51] - future::ready and future::pending [@15:21] - More stdlib APIs made const [@18:05] - mem::uninitialized will now panic if any inner types inside a struct or enum disallow zero-initialization [@20:18] - When trait bounds on associated types or opaque types are ambiguous, the compiler no longer makes an arbitrary choice on which bound to use [@24:20] - Rust 1.49 [@24:20] - 64-bit ARM Linux reaches Tier 1 [@30:20] - Test framework captures output in threads [@33:36] - Library changes poll::is_ready and poll::is_pending made const [@34:36] - You can now bind by reference and by move in patterns [@38:09] - Unions can now implement Drop, and you can now have a field in a union with ManuallyDrop [@42:00] - Rust Survey 2020 Results Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: T.J. Telan Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Ben Striegel Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel