2015-06-16.md

Subteam report: libs 2015-06-16

Highlights

The following RFCs are entering their final comment period:

• FCP PR #1015: Add read_into_buf and get_buf to BufRead
• FCP PR #1102: Rename connect to join
• FCP PR #1130: Implement FromIterator for the unit type
• FCP PR #1152: Add some of [T]’s methods to strings and vice versa
• FCP PR #980: RFC for read_all (staying on from last week)

The following features are entering their final comment period:

• FCP PR #26241: Implement DerefMut for String

Here are the decisions for last week's FCP items:

• FCP PR #980: RFC for read_all
  • Keeping open for another week of FCP
• FCP PR #1095: Add unsafe Option::unwrap_unchecked()
  • Closed
• FCP PR #25646: Make align_of behave like min_align_of.
  • Merged
• FCP PR #25844: std: Stabilize a number of new fs features
  • Stabilized and backported to 1.1.

Dashboard

RFC phase

• PR #770: io error handling design

• PR #1036: Add Builder guidelines

• PR #1055: RFC for redirecting stdio of child processes to open file handles

• PR #1058: RFC for replacing slice::tail()/init() with new methods

• PR #1084: RFC: Scoped threads, take 2

• PR #1100: allow customization of the output of panic!() to stderr with 'panic handlers'

• PR #1147: How to handle API deprecation in std

• PR #1158: RFC: Expand the std::net module

• FCP PR #980: RFC for read_all

• FCP PR #1015: Add read_into_buf and get_buf to BufRead

• FCP PR #1102: Rename connect to join

• FCP PR #1130: Implement FromIterator for the unit type

• FCP PR #1152: Add some of [T]’s methods to strings and vice versa

Implementation phase

• FCP PR #26241: Implement DerefMut for String

High priority issues

Needs decision