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Crate of the Week

This week's crate is sqlx, a modern SQL client library.

Thanks to Jan Riemer for the suggestions!

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Call for Participation

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207 pull requests were merged in the last week

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:

Every week the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

New RFCs

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Quote of the Week

relatively speaking, my rust programs are like Leonardo DiCaprio in the Revenant, killing grizzly bears with their bare hands, dying and being frozen into a giant ice cubes then, surprise!, they're actually alive. they can handle a lot, they tend to experience far fewer bugs that come around days or weeks after going into production. my python programs, otoh, are like William Henry Harrison. Inauguration day! exciting! kind of chilly out here. uh oh -- pneumonia ... dang it!

– Jonathan Strong on reddit

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This Week in Rust is edited by: nasa42 and llogiq.