Rust 1.50.0

Language

• You can now use const values for x in [x; N] array expressions. This has been technically possible since 1.38.0, as it was unintentionally stabilized.
• Assignments to ManuallyDrop<T> union fields are now considered safe.

Compiler

• Added tier 3* support for the armv5te-unknown-linux-uclibceabi target.
• Added tier 3 support for the aarch64-apple-ios-macabi target.
• The x86_64-unknown-freebsd is now built with the full toolset.
• Dropped support for all cloudabi targets.

* Refer to Rust's platform support page for more information on Rust's tiered platform support.

Libraries

• proc_macro::Punct now implements PartialEq<char>.
• ops::{Index, IndexMut} are now implemented for fixed sized arrays of any length.
• On Unix platforms, the std::fs::File type now has a "niche" of -1. This value cannot be a valid file descriptor, and now means Option<File> takes up the same amount of space as File.

Stabilized APIs

• bool::then
• btree_map::Entry::or_insert_with_key
• f32::clamp
• f64::clamp
• hash_map::Entry::or_insert_with_key
• Ord::clamp
• RefCell::take
• slice::fill
• UnsafeCell::get_mut

The following previously stable methods are now const.

• IpAddr::is_ipv4
• IpAddr::is_ipv6
• IpAddr::is_unspecified
• IpAddr::is_loopback
• IpAddr::is_multicast
• Ipv4Addr::octets
• Ipv4Addr::is_loopback
• Ipv4Addr::is_private
• Ipv4Addr::is_link_local
• Ipv4Addr::is_multicast
• Ipv4Addr::is_broadcast
• Ipv4Addr::is_documentation
• Ipv4Addr::to_ipv6_compatible
• Ipv4Addr::to_ipv6_mapped
• Ipv6Addr::segments
• Ipv6Addr::is_unspecified
• Ipv6Addr::is_loopback
• Ipv6Addr::is_multicast
• Ipv6Addr::to_ipv4
• Layout::size
• Layout::align
• Layout::from_size_align
• pow for all integer types.
• checked_pow for all integer types.
• saturating_pow for all integer types.
• wrapping_pow for all integer types.
• next_power_of_two for all unsigned integer types.
• checked_next_power_of_two for all unsigned integer types.

Cargo

• Added the [build.rustc-workspace-wrapper] option. This option sets a wrapper to execute instead of rustc, for workspace members only.
• cargo:rerun-if-changed will now, if provided a directory, scan the entire contents of that directory for changes.
• Added the --workspace flag to the cargo update command.

Misc

• The search results tab and the help button are focusable with keyboard in rustdoc.
• Running tests will now print the total time taken to execute.

Compatibility Notes

• The compare_and_swap method on atomics has been deprecated. It's recommended to use the compare_exchange and compare_exchange_weak methods instead.
• Changes in how TokenStreams are checked have fixed some cases where you could write unhygenic macro_rules! macros.
• #![test] as an inner attribute is now considered unstable like other inner macro attributes, and reports an error by default through the soft_unstable lint.
• Overriding a forbid lint at the same level that it was set is now a hard error.
• You can no longer intercept panic! calls by supplying your own macro. It's recommended to use the #[panic_handler] attribute to provide your own implementation.
• Semi-colons after item statements (e.g. struct Foo {};) now produce a warning.