How Powerful is Const
February 09, 2024
23 min
Free
rust
compile-time-evaluation
miri
mei
con-generics
slice-concatenation
utf8
utf16
c-strings
unions
macros
enums
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.