On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 02:28:38PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > Here are the stopping points that I found over the last couple weeks: > > 1.56.0: 2021 edition > 1.59.0: const CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked (needed by cstr > crate, see below) > 1.64.0: std::ffi::c_char > 1.65.0: Generic Associated Types > 1.74.0: Clippy can be configured in Cargo.toml > 1.77.0: C string literals, offset_of! > > I think 1.59.0 is pretty much the lower bound. Not having offset_of! > will be a bit painful, but it can be worked around (and pretty much > has to be, because 1.77.0 is really new). >
An additional question: does our minimum rust version requirement indicate that users with this rust version can compile other dependencies that satisfy QEMU requirements, such as bindgen? Because I find 1.59.0 can only go to compile bindgen 0.63.0 [1]. [1]: bindgen 0.63.0 MSRV: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/tree/v0.63.0?tab=readme-ov-file#msrv -Zhao
