The Rust compiler’s excellent error messages demonstrate it’s possible for tools to be helpful when things go wrong. However, there are still so many tools where cryptic failures are the norm: we deserve better. I’ll show what Rust does to achieve great error messages, and how other tools can do the same.
Audience: beginner
Speaker
Pietro Albini
Rust Project's Infrastructure, Security Response, and Release
Part of the Rust project since 2018, Pietro focuses on the behind-the-scenes work to ensure a reliable and secure Rust is released every six weeks. In the past, they served two years on the Rust Core Team, led the Rust Infrastructure Team for four, and worked at Ferrous Systems as the tech lead of Ferrocene.