Rust Daily Digest — 2026-03-20

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2026.03.20

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Borrowck Transparent Function Calls Proposal

A new proposal in Rust Internals suggests the concept of 'Borrowck Transparent Function Calls'. This idea aims to automatically detect subsets of private helper functions and manage borrow checker constraints more effectively. By integrating this feature, developers can expect smoother handling of non-public methods without crossing crate boundaries, potentially simplifying code management and enhancing compiler feedback.

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Introducing acdc: AsciiDoc Tooling in Rust

The new tool 'acdc', written in Rust, provides developers with a robust solution for handling AsciiDoc files. This tool emphasizes efficiency and ease of use by leveraging Rust's performance capabilities. Alongside this, the release of 'mtp-rs', an async MTP/PTP library, showcases Rust's growing ecosystem for high-performance, no-dependency libraries, offering up to 4x speed improvements over traditional C libraries like libmtp.

SRC Lobsters RustRust Users Forum

SIGNAL

01 Introduce a way to construct Range from start + length Rust Internals
02 Introducing dial9: a flight recorder for Tokio Lobsters Rust
03 Announcing mtp-rs: pure-Rust MTP library, no C deps, up to 4x faster than libmtp Rust Users Forum
04 Building an LSP Server with Rust is surprisingly easy and fun Lobsters Rust

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