Rust core devs mull adoption of alternative compiler front-end for improved IDE support

An alternative compiler front-end called rust-analyzer has been proposed for official adoption to improve IDE support for Rust developers, and has won backing from the programming language's core team. A recent Rust survey showed that improved tooling is high on the list of wants, and rust-analyzer could be part of the …

[jake]

Nuthin' up my sleeve ...

"and "light bulb" suggestions that write code for you."

Now where have I heard that before ...

[streaky]

Re: Nuthin' up my sleeve ...

TabNine does that sort of thing very effectively in a plethora of languages so..

[DrXym]

Re: Nuthin' up my sleeve ...

Light bulbs are a metaphor in Jetbrains IDEs - I see you've written this but maybe this would be better...

[Brian Miller]

Simple code, simple solutions

When one is writing simple code, then simple solutions are easy. I doubt these features would have been useful for either of my post-tutorial projects, which involved threading. Getting help with lifetimes would be nice, but I have my doubts about advanced Rust and "helpful" IDEs.