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This week's crate is efg, a proc macro to allow boolean expression like syntax for #[cfg]s.
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315 pull requests were merged in the last week
i/u32 and charmacro_rules is misspelled; to expected tokens list when it's wrongspin_loop hint for RISC-V architectureIterator::advance(_back)_by for array::IntoIter<*{const|mut} T>::{to|from}_bitsarray::IntoIter::{empty, from_raw_parts}rsplit_array variants to slices and arraysOption::cloned const(*mut T)::write_bytes constBorrow and BorrowMut impls constUniques methods constintrinsics::write_bytes constTryFrom<&'_ mut [T]> for [T; N]core::future::join!ReadBuf abstractionfeature(const_generics_defaults)ControlFlow::{is_break, is_continue}const_cstr_unchecked#[must_use] attribute should be used on a methodquestion_mark if returned object is not localblocks_in_if_conditions false positiveoption_if_let_else when there is complex subpatThis week's report started with 6 regressions; after eliminating truly obvious noise, we are left with just 2 minor regressions. Of the cases that regressed, I think the only interesting one is keccak (regressed by 1.73% in PR #91549). But don't be too depressed: keccak was also improved up to 23% by PR #85013 (!); thanks to @simulacrum for that PR.
Triage done by @pnkfelix. Revision range: e2116a..404c847
2 Regressions, 5 Improvements, 3 Mixed; 1 of them in rollups 48 comparisons made in total
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This is safer than you may think, because those who need async tend to know it themselves and don't ask "should I use async" question. In other words, asking itself is a signal that answer is no. MITM proxy case was a rare exception.
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