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+Title: This Week in Rust 197
+Number: 197
+Date: 2017-08-29
+Category: This Week in Rust
+
+Hello and welcome to another issue of *This Week in Rust*!
+[Rust](http://rust-lang.org) is a systems language pursuing the trifecta: safety, concurrency, and speed.
+This is a weekly summary of its progress and community.
+Want something mentioned? Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) or [send us a pull request](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust).
+Want to get involved? [We love contributions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+*This Week in Rust* is openly developed [on GitHub](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust).
+If you find any errors in this week's issue, [please submit a PR](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust/pulls).
+
+# Updates from Rust Community
+
+## News & Blog Posts  
+
+# Crate of the Week
+
+This week's crate is [pest](https://crates.io/crates/pest), a PEG-based parsing library. Thanks to [Laurent Wandrebeck](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/lwandrebeck) for the suggestion.
+
+[Submit your suggestions and votes for next week][submit_crate]!
+
+[submit_crate]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/crate-of-the-week/2704
+
+# Call for Participation
+
+Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but didn't know where to start?
+Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!
+
+Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.
+
+This week's Call for Participation is submitted by RustConf 2017 attendees!
+
+<img src="https://this-week-in-rust.org/images/rustconf-2017-cfp.jpg" alt="A photo of a whiteboard from RustConf 2017 which lists projects looking for help.">
+
+### Transcript
+
+* [Servo](https://starters.servo.org/)
+* [Rusoto](https://github.com/rusoto/rusoto)
+* [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/contribute-bugs.html)
+* [community.rs](https://community.rs/)
+* [Alacritty](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty)
+* [cell-gc](https://github.com/jorendorff/cell-gc)
+* [bindgen](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-bindgen)
+* [Robigalia](https://robigalia.org/)
+* [Clippy](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-clippy)
+* [Habitat](https://github.com/habitat-sh)
+* [startisd](https://github.com/stratis-storage/stratisd)
+* [gfx-rs](https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx)
+* [trust-dns](https://github.com/bluejekyll/trust-dns)
+
+If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks [here][guidelines].
+
+[guidelines]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-call-for-participation/4821
+
+# Who's been awesome for the Rust community - RustConf 2017 edition
+
+Our community likes to recognize people who have made outstanding contributions
+to the Rust Project, its ecosystem, and its community. This year at RustConf, attendees
+nominated people who have been awesome for the Rust community. And here they are:
+
+<img src="https://this-week-in-rust.org/images/rustconf-2017-fotf.jpg" alt="A photo of a whiteboard from RustConf 2017 which displays a list titled - who's been awesome for the Rust community - contributed by attendees.">
+
+### Transcript
+
+* [Paul Faria](https://github.com/Nashenas88)
+* [brson](https://github.com/brson)
+* [retep998](https://github.com/retep998)
+* [John Van Enk](https://github.com/sw17ch)
+* [cramertj](https://github.com/cramertj)
+* [withoutboats](https://github.com/withoutboats)
+* [Manishearth](https://github.com/Manishearth)
+* [jdm](https://github.com/jdm)
+* [Mark Simulacrum](https://github.com/Mark-Simulacrum)
+* petroclenkov
+* [Amit Levy](https://github.com/alevy)
+* [Leah and the RustConf team](http://rustconf.com/about.html)
+* [Ashley Williams](https://github.com/ashleygwilliams)
+* [dtolnay](https://github.com/dtolnay)
+* [KodrAus](https://github.com/KodrAus)
+* [Steve Klabnik](https://github.com/steveklabnik)
+* [tomaka](https://github.com/tomaka)
+* [bors](https://github.com/bors)
+
+# Updates from Rust Core
+
+99 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged]
+
+[merged]: https://github.com/search?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2017-08-14..2017-08-21
+
+* [forbid non-standard literal patterns](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43842)
+* [cleanup for LLVM-less build, second attempt](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43842)
+* [stabilize rvalue promotion to `'static`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43838)
+* [implement `CompilerDesugaringKind`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43832) (was stringly typed before)
+* [fix span miscalculation in `save-analysis`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43826)
+* [fix ICE with elided lifetimes in foreign function return types](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43651)
+* [`RefCell::`{`swap`, `replace`}](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43574)
+* [`String::retain`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43500)
+* [`Vec::drain_filter`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43245)
+* [MIR borrowck](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43108)
+* [rerun MIR passes on promoted temporaries](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43902)
+* [everybody loops🎶 but `impl Trait`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43878)
+* [redox now has unwinding panics](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43917)
+* [ship the rustdoc book](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43863)
+* [crates.io now shows the README.md on crate pages](https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/pull/869)
+
+## New Contributors
+
+* adrian5
+* Anthony Clays
+* Anthony Defranceschi
+* Fourchaux
+* Hunter Praska
+* Martin Hoffmann
+* Seiichi Uchida
+* Shanavas M
+
+## Approved RFCs
+
+Changes to Rust follow the Rust [RFC (request for comments)
+process](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs#rust-rfcs). These
+are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:
+
+* [Amend RFC 1242 to require an RFC for deprecation of crates from the nursery](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1983).
+* [RFC 1966: Unsafe pointer methods](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1966).
+
+## Final Comment Period
+
+Every week [the team](https://www.rust-lang.org/team.html) announces the
+'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a
+decision. Express your opinions now. [This week's FCPs][fcp] are:
+
+[fcp]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/labels/final-comment-period
+
+* [disposition: merge] [Future-proofing enums/structs with `#[non_exhaustive]` attribute](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2008).
+* [disposition: merge] [Add external doc attribute to rustc](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1990).
+* [disposition: merge] [Allow an optional vert at the beginning of a match branch](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1925).
+* [disposition: close] [Allow use of pipe operator in patterns](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1882).
+* [disposition: merge] [Generic associated types (associated type constructors)](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1598).
+* [disposition: merge] [Enable nested method calls](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2025).
+* [disposition: merge] [Evolving Rust through checkpoints](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2052).
+
+## New RFCs
+
+* [Argument-bound lifetimes](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2115).
+* [Fully-qualified names in RustDocs](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2114).
+* [Fallible collection allocation 1.0](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2116).
+* [Debuggable macro expansions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2117).
+* [Crypto / rand trait & crate split](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2118).
+* [Add the `()` → `Result<(), _>` coercion rule, for removing `Ok(())` everywhere](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2120).
+* [`dyn Trait` syntax for trait objects: Take 2](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2113).
+* [Autoreferencing `Copy` types](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2111).
+
+# Upcoming Events
+
+* [Aug 24. Rust release triage](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/release-cycle-triage-proposal/3544).
+* [Aug 30. Rust Community Team Meeting at #rust-community on irc.mozilla.org](https://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-community).
+* [Aug 30. Rust Documentation Team Meeting at #rust-docs on irc.mozilla.org](https://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-docs).
+* [Aug 31. Rust NYC - Come learn about Rust](https://www.meetup.com/Rust-NYC/events/241866546/).
+* [Aug 31. Rust London - Rust learning and hacking evening #2](https://www.meetup.com/Rust-London-User-Group/events/242378000/).
+* [Aug 31. Cambridge Rust Meetup - Rust Study Group](https://www.meetup.com/Cambridge-Rust-Meetup/events/242409356/).
+* [Aug 31. Rust Roma Italy - Rust learning and hacking evening #1](https://www.meetup.com/Rust-Roma/events/242709171/).
+* [Sep  4. Rust Zurich - September Community Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Rust-Zurich/events/242032911/).
+* [Sep  6. OpenTechSchool Berlin - Rust Hack and Learn](https://www.meetup.com/opentechschool-berlin/events/krnczlywmbjb/).
+* [Sep  6. Rust Atlanta - Grab a beer with fellow Rustaceans](https://www.meetup.com/Rust-ATL/events/241813161/).
+* [Sep  6. Rust Cologne - RFC Lightning Talks](https://www.meetup.com/RustCologne/events/242597353/).
+* [Sep  6. Rust Community Team Meeting at #rust-community on irc.mozilla.org](https://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-community).
+* [Sep  6. Rust Documentation Team Meeting at #rust-docs on irc.mozilla.org](https://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-docs).
+* [Sep  7. Rust release triage](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/release-cycle-triage-proposal/3544).
+
+If you are running a Rust event please add it to the [calendar] to get
+it mentioned here. Email the [Rust Community Team][community] for access.
+
+[calendar]: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=apd9vmbc22egenmtu5l6c5jbfc%40group.calendar.google.com
+[community]: mailto:[email protected]
+
+# Rust Jobs
+
+* [Sr. Software Development Engineer at Amazon](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/559813/sr-software-development-engineer).
+
+*Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) to get your job offers listed here!*
+
+# Quote of the Week
+
+> Rust, but verify.
+
+— [@isislovecruft talking about elliptic curve cryptography in Rust at RustConf 2017](https://twitter.com/jcdyer/status/899058522930921472).
+
+Thanks to [llogiq](https://twitter.com/llogiq/status/899399721609035777) for the suggestion.
+
+[Submit your quotes for next week][submit]!
+
+[submit]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328
+
+*This Week in Rust is edited by: [nasa42](https://github.com/nasa42), [llogiq](https://github.com/llogiq), and [brson](https://github.com/brson).*