How Powerful is Const

February 09, 2024 23 min Free

Description

Nikolai Vasquez explores the power and capabilities of 'const' in Rust, from basic arithmetic and static initialization to more advanced features like compile-time loops, assertions, slice concatenation, and string transcoding. He also discusses external crates that leverage 'const' for features like compile-time formatting and type checking, and touches upon future developments like 'const heap' and 'const trait inll'. The talk highlights practical use cases and potential pitfalls of advanced 'const' usage, particularly in interoperability with languages like C and Java.