[estebank]

The GP is missing a small bit of context: because this construct is now const, it can be used in const contexts, like to initialize a static variable. Doing so didn't work in 1.68, but does now in 1.69.

[phkahler]

But older code will still work with the new compiler right?

[estebank]

That is the Rust stability commitment: Rust code will always* compile with any subsequent release.

* Modulo soundness bugs being fixed. I've personally encountered 2 instances of that since 1.0, and they all occurred before 2017.

[mkj]

Yes