The State of Const Generics
by Boxy UwU
A minimum subset of const generics was stabilized in 2021 with a significant number of limitations. While not much has changed stabley for const generics since then, the state of const generics on nightly has shifted massively, getting much closer to being able to lift the majority of these limitations.
This talk presents a brief overview of the set of unstable features relating to const generics, what’s made them so difficult to ship, and where they currently stand regarding stabilization.
Speaker
Boxy UwU
Boxy is a member of the Rust Project’s Types, Compiler and Release teams as well as a lead of the Const Generics Project Group. They are currently working to bring const generics on par with type generics, and to document the implementation of the type system to make contributing to the type system more accessible.