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# Crate of the Week

This week's crate is [colored](https://crates.io/crates/colored) a UNIX-based terminal color crate. Thanks to [Kyle Galloway](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/kylegalloway) for
the suggestion.
This week's crate is [cargo-outdated](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-outdated), a cargo subcommand that shows outdated dependencies including latest compatible
and latest version. Thanks to [Colin Kiegel](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/colin_kiegel) for the suggestion.

[Submit your suggestions and votes for next week][submit_crate]!

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# Updates from Rust Core

121 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged]

[merged]: https://github.com/search?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2017-10-16..2017-10-23

* [rustbuild: Compile rustc with ThinLTO](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45400)
* [code suggestions for non-shorthand field pattern, no-mangle lints](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45232)
* [cleanly error for non-const variable in associated const](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45442)
* [remove or encapsulate the remaining non-query data in tcx](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/44501)
* [make `erase_regions_ty` query anonymous](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45364)
* [bump the minimum LLVM to 3.9](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45326)
* [backport ThinLTO LLVM 5 fixes](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45301)
* [rustc: Move bytecode compression into codegen](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45399)
* [rustc: Add `_imp_` symbols later in compilation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45348)
* [incr.comp.: Use 128bit SipHash for fingerprinting](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45319)
* [mark block exits as reachable if the block can break](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45316)
* [avoid unnecessary allocas for indirect function arguments](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/44573)
* [std: Update randomness implementation on Windows](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45370)
* [fix a few bugs in drop generation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45359)
* [introduce pthread_cancel() for terminating threads](https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/pull/810)
* [fix ABI breakage in syscall constants](https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/pull/815)
* [fix most rendering warnings from switching to CommonMark](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45419)
* [allow cargo install --version as well (preferred)](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/4637)
111 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged]

[merged]: https://github.com/search?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2017-10-23..2017-10-30

* [ci: upgrade Android SDK/NDK and refactor to use sdkmanager/avdmanager](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45580)
* [implement RFC 1861: Extern types](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/44295)
* [avoid unnecessary copies of arguments that are simple bindings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45380)
* [add short error message-format](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/44636)
* [add several lints into `unused` lint group](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45424)
* [resolve types properly in const eval](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45488)
* [create NormalizeTy query](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/44984)
* [`crate` shorthand visibility modifier](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45401)
* [move Generics from MethodSig to TraitItem and ImplItem](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/44766)
* [add generics to LateContext](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45611)
* [don't emit the same compiler diagnostic twice](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45519)
* [improve diagnostics when list of tokens has incorrect separators](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45503)
* [use 128 bit instead of Symbol for crate disambiguator](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45476)
* [remove dependency tracking for variance computation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45473)
* [implement Hash for raw pointers to unsized types](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45483)
* [visit attribute tokens in `DefCollector` and `BuildReducedGraphVisitor`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45464)
* [remove deprecated `collections` crate](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45446)
* [fix 32- vs 64-bit platform instability in StableHasher](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45522)
* [std: optimize thread park/unpark implementation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45524)
* [std: disable usage of mmap allocator in libbacktrace ](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45523)
* [add current_pid function](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45059)
* [cargo: add unit test checking to `cargo check`](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/4592)
* [cargo: improving the error message for when a patched dependency does not resolve to anything](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/4607)
* [cargo: alternative registries](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/4506)
* [rustdoc: Show src button and function version on mobile version ](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/45502)

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