PEH 2020-12-07 Meeting Agenda

Action Items

[rust-lang/rust#77384] Implement trait based proof of concept for Backtrace in core (Jane Lusby)
[rust-lang/rfcs#2895] Update object-provider API in generic member access RFC (Jane Lusby)
[rust-lang/rust#75180] Fix regressions caused by new impl error for &'a E change (Jakub Duchniewicz)
[rust-lang/rust#53487] Review the "Fix the error trait" tracking issue to figure out next steps (Oliver)
[rust-lang/rfcs#3007] Review the panic plan rfc (Jane Lusby)
[rust-lang/project-error-handling#7] reach out to the author of the error codes issue (Jane Lusby)
Get long-term blog post posted on Inside Rust blog (Sean Chen)
[rust-lang/rust#72981]
- Resolve blockers in the backtrace stabilizition PR (Ashley Mannix)
- Follow up with Amanieu to mark concerns on backtrace stabilization as resolved (Ashley Mannix)
[rust-lang/project-error-handling#24] Create an issue and gather resources to use as reference material for the Rust Error Book (Jane Lusby)

Rust Error Book
- references collection
Backtrace Stabilization
- disposition merge
- merge conflicts
Error Codes Issues
- low priority
Fix Error Trait
- ready for finalization, seeking the right person for completion
#75180
- PR coming shortly
#2895 RFC generic member access for dyn Error trait objects
- possibility of updating the object-provider API to possibly allow extracting context which includes lifetimes
  - on implemented version uses marker types which implement a trait with an associated type to provide a static type to downcast to as a proxy for a type which cannot have a type id because it contains lifetimes
  - https://github.com/mystor/dyno