Thanks Corey! This updates are great to keep track of all things Rust. Kudos :)
Luis On 12 September 2013 17:28, Corey Richardson <co...@octayn.net> wrote: > Sorry it is late; it has been on my blog and reddit, but I forgot to > post it here. Content copied from > http://cmr.github.io/blog/2013/09/07/this-week-in-rust/ > > -- > > Welcome to another *This Week in Rust*. > > # What's cooking in master? > > 65 pull requests were merged this week, and bors has had some idle time > when > there wasn't anything approved in the queue. > > ## Breaking changes > > - `std::os::glob` has been replaced with a [pure Rust > version](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8914), for cross-platform > and > compatability reasons. > - `std::str::from_bytes` has been > [renamed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8997) to > `std::str::from_utf8`, to be explicit about what it accepts. > - Casting to bool with `as` is [no longer > allowed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8980), and surrogate > characters are no longer allowed in strings. > - char is [no longer](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8974) treated > as an > integer type (meaning it can't be casted to/from them), which removes the > ability for safe code to create invalid characters. > - Opening a listening socket and actually listening on it [have been > split](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8954). If you're jiggy with > the > jive, listen and accept are now separate operations. (*ed*: this used to > say > bind and accept wereseparate; thanks to ecr for the correction.) > > ## Additions > > - `let` var hygiene has [landed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9026 > ). > I'm sure this has cool implications, but I don't really know what they > are. > - An [`export_name` attribute](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8903) > has > been added to control what symbol name something is exported as (similar > to > `no_mangle`). > - An `ExactSize` trait [has been > added](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8884) to mark an iterator > that > always accurately reports its size in the `size_hint` method. > - `ToStr` has been [implemented](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8960 > ) > for char and Ascii. > - Safe accessors of `MutexArc` [have been > implemented](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8966) > - A bytes iterator [has been added]( > https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8935) > for newrt readers. > - Stream is [automatically > implemented](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8984) for types which > implement Reader and Writer from newrt. > - An `unreachable` macro [has been > added](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8992) for better error > reporting > than a function could do. > - newrt [can now do](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9000) simple DNS > resolution. > - strptime/strftime [now support]( > https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9016) > fractional seconds, out to tenths of a nanosecond. > > ## Changes etc > > - Name mangling [has been > improved](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8875). > - `rust_log.cpp` [has been > converted](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8880) into pure Rust. > - Debuginfo [now does closure > capture](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8855) and very large > structs. > - A [bunch](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8947) > [of](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8927) > [repr](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/8928) improvements landed. > > # Meeting > > There was no meteting this week listed on the wiki or that I saw. > > # Projects > > - [rust-nanomsg](https://github.com/glycerine/rust-nanomsg) - bindings to > the > nanomsg library. > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > Rust-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev >
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