Book Image

Rust High Performance

By : Iban Eguia Moraza
Book Image

Rust High Performance

By: Iban Eguia Moraza

Overview of this book

This book teaches you how to optimize the performance of your Rust code so that it is at the same level as languages such as C/C++. You'll understand and fi x common pitfalls, learn how to improve your productivity by using metaprogramming, and speed up your code. You will master the features of the language, which will make you stand out, and use them to greatly improve the efficiency of your algorithms. The book begins with an introduction to help you identify bottlenecks when programming in Rust. We highlight common performance pitfalls, along with strategies to detect and resolve these issues early. We move on to mastering Rust's type system, which will enable us to optimize both performance and safety at compile time. You will learn how to effectively manage memory in Rust, mastering the borrow checker. We move on to measuring performance and you will see how this affects the way you write code. Moving forward, you will perform metaprogramming in Rust to boost the performance of your code and your productivity. Finally, you will learn parallel programming in Rust, which enables efficient and faster execution by using multithreading and asynchronous programming.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Nightly Rust


Nightly Rust can speed up your code even more in certain situations. If you don't need compatibility with stable Rust, you might want to check all the nightly features. In some cases, such as kernel development, it's impossible to get all the required functionality using stable Rust. You can use nightly Rust by overriding the default compiler:

rustup override add nightly

Or, you can call cargo with the +nightly flag. These methods will only work if you use rustup to manage your Rust installation, which you probably should if you have the option.

To use nightly features, you will need to use the #![feature] attribute at the crate level. For example, if you want to use the conservative_impl_trait feature, you will need to add #![feature(conservative_impl_trait)] to the beginning of your main.rs or lib.rs files.

Let's see some of the most interesting unstable features. Note that these features will probably change rapidly, and they might have already changed by the time you read this...