Rust is well known for its API stability guarantees: code written for Rust 1.0 in 2015 still compiles with the latest compilers. However Rust has never had a stable ABI, which would enable Rust programs to use Rust libraries compiled with a different compiler version. The availability of a stable ABI is essential to allow Rust programs and libraries to be distributed in compiled form.Rust was not designed with a stable ABI as a primary goal, which is why this is still an unsolved problem almost a decade after the release of Rust 1.0. This talk will dive into the reasons why Rust's design makes a stable ABI tricky, and explore how these problems can be addressed.
3 апр 2024
