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issue 555 — 10 JUL 2024

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Crate of the Week

This week's crate is derive_deftly, a proc macro to create derive macros from declarative code.

Thanks to duelafn for the suggestion!

Please submit your suggestions and votes for next week!

Calls for Testing

An important step for RFC implementation is for people to experiment with the implementation and give feedback, especially before stabilization. The following RFCs would benefit from user testing before moving forward:

RFCs

  • No calls for testing were issued this week.

Rust

  • No calls for testing were issued this week.

Rustup

  • No calls for testing were issued this week.

If you are a feature implementer and would like your RFC to appear on the above list, add the new call-for-testing label to your RFC along with a comment providing testing instructions and/or guidance on which aspect(s) of the feature need testing.

Call for Participation; projects and speakers

CFP - Projects

Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but did not know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!

Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks here or through a PR to TWiR or by reaching out on X (Formerly twitter) or Mastodon!

CFP - Events

Are you a new or experienced speaker looking for a place to share something cool? This section highlights events that are being planned and are accepting submissions to join their event as a speaker.

If you are an event organizer hoping to expand the reach of your event, please submit a link to the website through a PR to TWiR or by reaching out on X (Formerly twitter) or Mastodon!

Updates from the Rust Project

469 pull requests were merged in the last week

Rust Compiler Performance Triage

More regressions than improvements this week, caused by a combination of fixes, refactorings, third-party dependency updates and in general the compiler doing slightly more work.

Triage done by @kobzol. Revision range: cf2df68d..a2d58197

Summary:

(instructions:u) mean range count
Regressions ❌
(primary)
0.7% [0.2%, 2.5%] 53
Regressions ❌
(secondary)
1.0% [0.4%, 1.5%] 31
Improvements ✅
(primary)
-0.6% [-1.2%, -0.2%] 10
Improvements ✅
(secondary)
-1.7% [-2.4%, -1.4%] 4
All ❌✅ (primary) 0.5% [-1.2%, 2.5%] 63

1 Regression, 2 Improvements, 7 Mixed; 3 of them in rollups 62 artifact comparisons made in total

Full report here

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week: * No RFCs were approved this week.

Final Comment Period

Every week, the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

RFCs

Tracking Issues & PRs

Rust
Cargo
  • No Cargo Tracking Issues or PRs entered Final Comment Period this week.
Language Team
  • No Language Team Tracking Issues or PRs entered Final Comment Period this week.
Language Reference
Unsafe Code Guidelines
  • No Unsafe Code Guideline Tracking Issues or PRs entered Final Comment Period this week.

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Quote of the Week

In Rust, the preferred solution is to avoid the need for such document to exist.

Kornel on rust-users replying to a question about Rust code guidelines

Thanks to Chayim Refael Friedman for the suggestion!

Please submit quotes and vote for next week!

This Week in Rust is edited by: nellshamrell, llogiq, cdmistman, ericseppanen, extrawurst, andrewpollack, U007D, kolharsam, joelmarcey, mariannegoldin, bennyvasquez.

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