Chapter 5. Changes in Rust 1.79.0 Toolset

Rust Toolset has been updated from version 1.75.0 to 1.79.0 on RHEL 8 and RHEL 9.

Notable changes include:

A new offset_of! macro
Support for C-string literals
Support for inline const expressions
Support for bounds in associated type position
Improved automatic temporary lifetime extension
Debug assertions for unsafe preconditions

For detailed information regarding the updates, see the series of upstream release announcements:

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