What's New in Rust 1.76, 1.77, and 1.78

Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the 1.76, 1.77, and 1.78 releases of Rust.

This episode was recorded as part of a YouTube live stream on 2024-05-18, which you can still watch.

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Timestamps & referenced resources

[@00:34] - Rust 1.76

• [@01:18] - ABI compatibility updates
  • The updated ABI section
  • An interesting article on ABIs in Swift vs Rust
• [@08:53] - Type names from references
  • type_name
  • type_name_of_val
• [@10:35] - Stabilized APIs
  • [@10:56] - Result::inspect
  • [@13:53] - Arc::unwrap_or_clone
  • [@15:25] - std::hash::DefaultHasher
  • [@18:01] - ptr::addr_eq
• [@21:30] - Changelog deep-dive
  • [@21:33] - Resize/hide rustdoc bars

[@22:40] - Rust 1.77

• [@22:51] - C-string literals
  • std::ffi::CStr
• [@28:20] - Support for recursion in async fn
• [@31:43] - offset_of!
• [@36:32] - Enable strip in release profiles by default
• [@39:35] - Stabilized APIs
  • [@39:36] - core::net
  • [@40:59] - f6