What's New in the Rust 2024 Edition

Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the Rust 2024 Edition.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@03:05] - RPIT lifetime capture rules [@08:00] - let chains in if and while if let temporary scope Mara’s post on “super let” Tail expression temporary scope [@19:15] - Match ergonomics reservations [@24:49] - Unsafe extern blocks [@29:15] - Unsafe attributes [@32:03] - unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn warning [@34:51] - Disallow references to static mut [@39:20] - Never type fallback change [@43:33] - Macro Fragment Specifiers [@47:47] - gen keyword [@49:36] - Changes to the prelude [@50:32] - Add IntoIterator for Box<[T]> [@56:03] - Newly unsafe functions [@58:51] - Rust-version aware Cargo resolver [@1:03:03] - Cargo table and key name consistency [@1:03:57] - Reject unused inherited default-features [@1:05:37] - Rustdoc combined doctests [@1:07:13] - Rustdoc nested include! change [@1:09:19] - The rustfmt style edition

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: synchis

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Jon Gjengset

Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel