Hi Corey, I just wanted to thank you for the "This Week in Rust" notes. I love reading them and I am sure that I am not the only one who appreciates the effort that you put into each one.
Cadence On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Corey Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome to another issue of *This Week in Rust!* This week marks the > addition > of some more feature gates, removal of `std::io`, and some feature > proposals. > > # What's cooking on master? > > 47 PRs were merged this week, and we passed issue number 10000. > > ## Breaking Changes > > - Most of the crypto in the stdlib [has been > removed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9744). > - `std::io` [has been removed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9901), > with corresponding improvements in `std::rt::io`. > - The `frame_address` intrinsic [has been > removed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10040). > - `@`-ptrs are [now feature-gated]( > https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9923), > reflecting the fact that they will exist in a very different form once > they > are finished. > - All of the logging that used `fmt` (`debug!` and so forth) [have been > transitioned to `format!`](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10006). > - `asm!` [is also featured gated]( > https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10009). > - `sys::log_str` [has moved](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9937). > > ## Other changes > > - The long-awaited addition of `mut` in patterns [has finally > happened](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10026). `let (mut x, y) > = (1, > 2);` works. > - The scheduler now uses [lock free data > structures](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10080), which are > supposed > to perform much better. > - The homing code [now does less > work](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10070), which does one third > as > many `write`'s. > - `stdout` [is now buffered](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10060). > - A [non-libuv event loop](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10054) has > been added. > - `std::rand` has seen [more](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9810) > [work](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/10015). > - `rustpkg` [now supports arbitrary > dependencies](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9654), such as C > libraries. > - `mut` is [now allowed on self](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9989 > ). > - Nested comments [are now > allowed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9936). > - `rustpkg` will now [find crates in the current directory], so you can say > `rustpkg build` in a source dir and it will build in a workspace. > - Some new float intrinsics [have been > exposed](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9986). > - `println!` [allocates less](https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/9979). > > ## New contributors > > - Igor Bukanov > - Mark Rowe > - Michael Letterle > - reedlepee > > # Announcements etc > > - There will be a > [meetup](http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Bay-Area/events/143439552/) in the > San > Fransisco Mozilla office. Patrick Walton will be talking about > sprocketnes. > If you're in the area, you should definitely go! > - [rust-ci](http://hiho.io/rust-ci/) has been created, which lets you have > travis automatically rebuild and test your repo daily, to reduce > language/library breakage. > - [rust-mustache](https://github.com/erickt/rust-mustache) and > [rust-zmq](https://github.com/erickt/rust-zmq) have been updated for > master. > - [Short talk about Rust at Scala.IO in Paris (October > 25th)]( > http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1pdrv6/short_talk_about_rust_at_scalaio_in_paris_october/ > ). > - [A Bit of Functional Programming in Rust, or A Misguided First Look at > Rust > for ML > Programmers]( > http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1pe2lc/a_bit_of_functional_programming_in_rust_or_a/ > ). > - [A draft proposal for single > inheritance]( > http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1p52tj/a_draft_proposal_for_single_inheritance_in_rust/ > ). > - [Iterators yielding mutable > references]( > http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1p4vnk/iterators_yielding_mutable_references/ > ). > - [Servo transitions from libcss to a new CSS library written in > Rust]( > http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1p4qeh/servo_transitions_from_libcss_to_a_new_css/ > ). > - [On stack > safety](http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1owhwi/on_stack_safety/). > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev >
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