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<p>Hello and welcome to another issue of <em>This Week in Rust</em>!
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This is a weekly summary of its progress and community.
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<p><em>This Week in Rust</em> is openly developed <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/this-week-in-rust">on GitHub</a>.
If you find any errors in this week's issue, <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/this-week-in-rust/pulls">please submit a PR</a>.</p>
<h2 id="updates-from-rust-community">Updates from Rust Community</h2>
<h3 id="official">Official</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/11/01/Rust-1.56.1.html">Announcing Rust 1.56.1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/11/01/cve-2021-42574.html">Security advisory for rustc (CVE-2021-42574)</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="foundation">Foundation</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://foundation.rust-lang.org/posts/2021-10-26-member-spotlight-tag1/">Member Spotlight: Tag1</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="projecttooling-updates">Project/Tooling Updates</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sixtyfps.io/thisweek/2021-11-01.html">SixtyFPS (GUI crate): Changelog for 31th of October 2021</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mssun.me/research/ccs21mirchecker.html">MirChecker: Detecting Bugs in Rust Programs via Static Analysis</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.apollographql.com/blog/announcement/tooling/apollo-rs-graphql-tools-in-rust/?utm_campaign=2021-11-01_apollo-rs&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">apollo-rs: spec-compliant GraphQL tools in Rust</a></li>
<li><a href="https://thephilbert.io/2021/11/01/gcc-rust-monthly-report-11-october-2021/">GCC Rust Monthly Report #11 October 2021</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fluvio.io/news/this-week-in-fluvio-0011/">This week in Fluvio #11: the programmable streaming platform</a></li>
<li><a href="https://datafuselabs.github.io/weekly/2021-11-03-databend-weekly/">This week in Databend #14: an elastic and reliable cloud warehouse</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="research-papers">Research Papers</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.micahlerner.com/2021/10/31/rudra-finding-memory-safety-bugs-in-rust-at-the-ecosystem-scale.html">Rudra: Finding Memory Safety Bugs in Rust at the Ecosystem Scale</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="observationsthoughts">Observations/Thoughts</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://fkohlgrueber.github.io/blog/tree-structure-of-file-systems/">The Tree Structure of File Systems</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rustmagazine.github.io/rust_magazine_2021/chapter_10/toc.html">[ZH] Rust Chinese Magazine Issue 10 has been released!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rust-coding-guidelines.github.io/rust-coding-guidelines-zh/">[ZH] The first draft of the Rust Secure Coding Specification in Chinese has been released. Everyone is welcome to contribute!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/428305373">[ZH] Trojan Source Hiding invisible vulnerabilities in Rust code</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="rust-walkthroughs">Rust Walkthroughs</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/mina-rs-update-some-rust-serialization-tricks-with-serde-153518830f97">Advanced Serde - Loose type deserialization for non-self-describing protocols</a></li>
<li><a href="https://acv.engineering/posts/an-intro-to-the-rust-programming-language/">An Intro to the Rust Programming Language</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reltech.substack.com/p/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi">Getting Started with Rust on a Raspberry Pi Pico (Part 2)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.poor.dev/blog/terminal-anatomy/">Anatomy of a Terminal Emulator</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jameselford.com/blog/working-with-signals-in-rust-pt1-whats-a-signal/">Working with signals in Rust - some things that signal handlers can't handle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.shogan.co.uk/development/my-first-rust-app-initial-impressions-and-what-i-struggled-with/">Beginning Rust: Writing a Small CLI Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dev.to/calebsander/git-internals-part-1-the-git-object-model-474m">Git Internals part 1: The git object model</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ockam-network/ockam/tree/develop/documentation/use-cases/run-ockam-on-riscv">Getting started with Rust on RISC-V Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.infinyon.com/blog/2021/10/smartstream-array-map-reddit/">Streaming the Reddit API using Fluvio's WASM ArrayMap</a></li>
<li>[video] <a href="https://youtu.be/K2oHkucybNs">I'm learning Rust - Setup &amp; fundamentals</a></li>
<li>[video] <a href="https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/17292-rust-london-october2021">Rust London: Building the Internet Of (Trusted) Things with Ockam and Embedded Rust</a></li>
<li>[video] <a href="https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/17294-actor-programming-with-ockam-workers">Rust London: Actor Programming with Ockam Workers</a></li>
<li>[video] <a href="https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/17295-how-to-end-to-end-encrypt-all-application-layer-communication-with-ockam">Rust London: How to end-to-end encrypt all application layer communication - with Ockam</a></li>
<li>[video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGn0mQF0804">Implementing Hazard Pointers in Rust (part 3)</a></li>
<li>[series] [video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EU-uUwbRx8">Writing a Programming Language (in Rust) 3: List destructuring</a></li>
<li>[series] [video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31vYT2UVXU">Writing a Programming Language (in Rust) 4: List unspread and list iteration</a></li>
<li>[series] [video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRf2v9eCzDg">Writing a Programming Language (in Rust) 5: Function calls (Part 1)</a></li>
<li>[series] [video] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml8kwsq_PSo&amp;list=PLv0rYYvcn-23cGZUATZdCN-mX4Yx_HFy4&amp;index=1">Rust Book Club</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.guidedtrack.com/programs/kfqw8vs/run">Rust Editor Experience Survey</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.infinyon.com/blog/2021/10/smartstream-array-map-reddit/">Streaming the Reddit API using Fluvio's WASM ArrayMap</a></li>
<li>[video] [IT] <a href="https://video.linux.it/videos/watch/01b44259-e257-4bad-9685-8c91735aa08b">Introduzione a Rust</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="crate-of-the-week">Crate of the Week</h2>
<p>This week's crate is <a href="https://github.com/hkmatsumoto/roogle">roogle</a>, a type-based Rust API search engine inspired by Haskell's Hoogle.</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://users.rust-lang.org/t/crate-of-the-week/2704/978">Hirochika Matsumoto</a> for the suggestion!</p>
<p><a href="https://users.rust-lang.org/t/crate-of-the-week/2704">Please submit your suggestions and votes for next week</a>!</p>
<h2 id="call-for-participation">Call for Participation</h2>
<p>Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but didn't know where to start?
Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!</p>
<p>Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ockam-network/ockam/issues/2161">ockam - Remove/clean up pub extern crate in top level of ockam_core</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ockam-network/ockam/issues/2162">ockam - Remove unnecessary core/heapless/hashbrown re-exports from signature_core::lib</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks <a href="https://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-call-for-participation/4821">here</a>.</p>
<h2 id="updates-from-the-rust-project">Updates from the Rust Project</h2>
<p>316 pull requests were <a href="https://github.com/search?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2021-10-25..2021-11-01">merged in the last week</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90462">fix CVE-2021-42574</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89652">add LLVM Control Flow Integrity support to the Rust compiler</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89581">add <code>-Z no-unique-section-names</code> to reduce ELF header bloat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90267">fix: inner attribute followed by outer attribute causing ICE</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90399">skipping verbose diagnostic suggestions when calling <code>.as_ref()</code> on type not implementing <code>AsRef</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90202">improve and test cross-crate hygiene</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90145">use <code>SortedMap</code> in HIR</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89677">stabilize <code>is_symlink()</code> for <code>Metadata</code> and <code>Path</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89951">stabilize <code>option_result_unwrap_unchecked</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86336">impl <code>Pattern</code> for <code>char</code> array</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89876">make most <code>std::ops</code> traits <code>const</code> on numeric types</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc_codegen_gcc/pull/102">codegen_gcc: remove unused dependency on object</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc_codegen_gcc/pull/108">codegen_gcc: fix negation operation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2108">bindgen: don't generate 2^64 byte padding fields on unions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2109">bindgen: avoid case of a self-referential type alias</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/10017">cargo: change <code>--scrape-examples</code> flag to <code>-Z rustdoc-scrape-examples</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/9525">cargo: scrape code examples from <code>examples/</code> directory for rustdoc</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/88268">rustdoc: fix generics generation in search index</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90278">rustdoc: use better highlighting for <code>*const</code>, <code>*mut</code>, and <code>&amp;mut</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90333">rustdoc: remove flicker during page load</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7810">clippy: move <code>if_then_panic</code> to pedantic and rename to <code>manual_assert</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7847">clippy: fix false positive in <code>match_overlapping_arm</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7860">clippy: fix <code>question_mark</code> false positive on custom error type</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7875">clippy: add `unit-hash lint</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7878">clippy: new lint: <code>string-slice</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7890">clippy: ignore references to type aliases in <code>ptr_arg</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7891">clippy: fix ICE in <code>undocumented_unsafe_blocks</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/7895">clippy: disable <code>if_not_else</code> lints from firing on <code>else</code>-<code>if</code>s</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt/pull/5019">rustfmt: prevent trailing whitespace in where clause bound predicate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt/pull/5035">rustfmt: retain trailing comments in module when using <code>rustfmt::skip</code> attribute</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="rust-compiler-performance-triage">Rust Compiler Performance Triage</h3>
<p>The only significant regressions were 1. two PRs that slowed down doc
generation, and 2. some slowdown from the new lints to flag occurrences of
Unicode bidirectional control characters. The doc generation regression is being
investigated.</p>
<p>Triage done by <strong>@pnkfelix</strong>.
Revision range: <a href="https://perf.rust-lang.org/?start=3c8f001d454b1b495f7472d8430ef8fdf10aac11&amp;end=6384dca100f3cedfa031a9204586f94f8612eae5&amp;absolute=false&amp;stat=instructions%3Au">3c8f00..6384dc</a></p>
<p>6 Regressions, 3 Improvements, 1 Mixed; 4 of them in rollups
39 comparisons made in total</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-perf/blob/master/triage/2021-11-02.md">Full report here</a></p>
<h3 id="approved-rfcs">Approved RFCs</h3>
<p>Changes to Rust follow the Rust <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs#rust-rfcs">RFC (request for comments) process</a>. These
are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3176">Multiple artifact deps on the same crate with different names, for different targets</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="final-comment-period">Final Comment Period</h3>
<p>Every week <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/team.html">the team</a> announces the
'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a
decision. Express your opinions now.</p>
<h3 id="rfcs"><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/labels/final-comment-period">RFCs</a></h3>
<ul>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3185">Static async fn in traits</a></li>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2972">Constrained Naked Functions</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="tracking-issues-prs"><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/labels/final-comment-period">Tracking Issues &amp; PRs</a></h3>
<ul>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90473">stabilize format args capture</a></li>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90128">Stabilize -Z symbol-mangling-version=v0 as -C symbol-mangling-version=v0</a></li>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/90058">Stabilize -Z strip as -C strip</a></li>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89551">Stabilize <code>const_raw_ptr_deref</code> for <code>*const T</code></a></li>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/88805">Clarification of default socket flags</a></li>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/88714">use CLOCK_BOOTTIME in <code>Instant::now</code></a></li>
<li>[disposition: merge] <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/87479">GATs: Decide whether to have defaults for <code>where Self: 'a</code></a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="new-rfcs">New RFCs</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3189">take on bool</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3191">New Cargo and Rust options to support embedding Natvis into a PDB</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="upcoming-events">Upcoming Events</h2>
<h3 id="online">Online</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/indyrs/events/281258179">November 3, 2021, Indianapolis, IN, US - Indy.rs - with Social Distancing - Indy Rust</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/San-Diego-Rust/events/281801412">November 9, 2021, San Diego, CA, US - San Diego Rust November 2021 Tele-Meetup - San Diego Rust</a></li>
<li><a href="https://berline.rs/">November 9, 2021, Berlin, DE - Rust Hack and Learn - Berline.rs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Rust-Meetup/events/gskksryccpbmb/">November 9, 2021, Seattle, WA, US - Monthly Meetup - Seattle Rust Meetup</a></li>
<li><a href="https://discord.gg/9Xj8H2EXTD">November 10, 2021, Malaysia - Rust Meetup - Rust Malaysia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://linuxfoundation.org/webinars/rust-for-linux-writing-abstractions-and-drivers/">November 11, 2021 - Rust For Linux: Writing Safe Abstractions &amp; Drivers - The Linux Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Rust/events/zkqvjsyccpbwb/">November 17, 2021, Vancouver, BC, CA - Borrowing and Lifetimes through Metaphors - Vancouver Rust</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="north-america">North America</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Rust-ATL/events/lhpkmsyccpbnb/">November 10, 2021, Atlanta, GA, US - Grab a beer with fellow Rustaceans - Rust Atlanta</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Desert-Rustaceans/events/281729697">November 10, 2021, Mesa, AZ, US - Booze.rs - Desert Rust</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="europe">Europe</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.meetup.com/belgrade-rust-meetup-group/events/281523208/">November 11, 2021, Belgrade, RS - First! - Belgrade Rust Meetup Group</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you are running a Rust event please add it to the <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=apd9vmbc22egenmtu5l6c5jbfc%40group.calendar.google.com">calendar</a> to get
it mentioned here. Please remember to add a link to the event too.
Email the <a href="mailto:community-team@rust-lang.org">Rust Community Team</a> for access.</p>
<h1 id="rust-jobs">Rust Jobs</h1>
<p><strong>System Initiative</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.systeminit.com/jobs/software-engineer-iii">Software Engineer III (Remote)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>AdInMo</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.adinmo.com/project/senior-back-end-engineer/">Senior Back-End Engineer (UK, UA or Remote)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Sigma Prime</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/sigp/positions-vacant/blob/master/rust-network-developer.md">Rust Network Developer (Remote)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Metawork</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/metawork/05a36b82-22d4-48c6-b31d-93ea785a3cea">Product Engineer (Remote US)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/metawork/90575f85-de36-461e-a540-fbee126ad186">Platform Engineer (Remote US)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Timescale</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://boards.greenhouse.io/timescale/jobs/5542785002">Senior Rust Engineer (Remote: US Timezones)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><em>Tweet us at <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust">@ThisWeekInRust</a> to get your job offers listed here!</em></p>
<h1 id="quote-of-the-week">Quote of the Week</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>I always tell myself that code quickly written just to compile looks like Order 66 executed on Christmas day </p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>Clones and unwrapping as far as the eye can see.</p>
</blockquote>
<p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/qjgwhr/whats_your_vote_for_funniest_feature_of_rust/hiq37zq">Dhghomon on /r/rust</a></p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328/1129">UtherII</a> for the suggestion!</p>
<p><a href="https://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328">Please submit quotes and vote for next week!</a></p>
<p><em>This Week in Rust is edited by: <a href="https://github.com/nellshamrell">nellshamrell</a>, <a href="https://github.com/llogiq">llogiq</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/cdmistman">cdmistman</a>.</em></p>
<p><small><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/qmd3qv/this_week_in_rust_415/">Discuss on r/rust</a></small></p>