Added draft for issue 127 (18 April 2016).

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+Title: This Week in Rust 127
+Number: 127
+Date: 2016-04-18
+Category: This Week in Rust
+
+Hello and welcome to another issue of *This Week in Rust*!
+[Rust](http://rust-lang.org) is a systems language pursuing the trifecta:
+safety, concurrency, and speed. This is a weekly summary of its progress and
+community. Want something mentioned? Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) or [send us an
+email](mailto:corey@octayn.net?subject=This%20Week%20in%20Rust%20Suggestion)!
+Want to get involved? [We love
+contributions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+*This Week in Rust* is openly developed [on GitHub](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust).
+If you find any errors in this week's issue, [please submit a PR](https://github.com/cmr/this-week-in-rust/pulls).
+
+This week's edition was edited by: [Vikrant](https://github.com/nasa42) and [llogiq](https://github.com/llogiq).
+
+# Updates from Rust Community
+
+## News & Blog Posts
+
+## Notable New Crates & Project Updates
+
+# Crate of the Week
+
+This week's Crate of the Week is [gcc](https://crates.io/crates/gcc), a crate to easily use the local C compiler, which makes FFI with a build script a breeze. Thanks to [Ulrik Sverdrup](https://users.rust-lang.org/users/bluss) for the suggestion!
+
+[Submit your suggestions for next week][submit_crate]!
+
+[submit_crate]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/crate-of-the-week/2704
+
+# Call for Participation
+
+Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but didn't know where to start?
+Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!
+
+Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.
+
+* [easy] [rust: Add error explanations for all error codes](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/32777).
+* [easy] [rust: rustbuild seems to deal badly with poor internet connections](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/32834).
+* [medium] [regex: Decrease memory usage of DFA with variable width delta encoding of instruction pointers](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/regex/issues/199).
+* [less easy] [servo: Store a `Box<Iterator>`` instead of `Box<CollectionFilter>`` in `HTMLCollection`](https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/10477).
+* [easy] [токамак: Test cases for CI](https://github.com/vertexclique/tokamak/issues/16).
+* [easy] [rexiv2: Results should likely use our own aliased Error (and Result?) type](https://github.com/felixc/rexiv2/issues/16).
+* [easy] [rexiv2: Provide access to full XML XMP packet](https://github.com/felixc/rexiv2/issues/14).
+
+If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks [here][guidelines].
+
+[guidelines]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-call-for-participation/4821
+
+# Updates from Rust Core
+
+89 pull requests were [merged in the last week][merged].
+
+[merged]: https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Apr+org%3Arust-lang+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2016-04-04..2016-04-11
+
+## Notable changes
+
+* [Tuples auto-implement `Copy`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32774)
+* [Faster Overlap checking](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32748) (fixed a rustc perf regression)
+* [Arc::downgrade no longer loops infinitely](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32745)
+* [Function calls no longer need to store all returns on stack](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32738)
+* ['Consider the semicolon' help now more helpful](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32710)
+* [Specialize `==` for `[T]` and `[u8]` to `memcmp`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32699) (also `Ord`, `PartialOrd`)
+* [File IO buffer size now 8K](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32695)
+* [AST now can represent `pub(restricted)`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32688)
+* [Prepare `privates_in_public` lint for `pub(restricted)`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32674)
+* [Simplified AST `StructField`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32682)
+* [Restrict atomic intrinsics to integers](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32647)
+* [Save/Load the dependency graph for incremental compilation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32647)
+* [Release notes for 1.8](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/32810) (gearing up for release)
+
+## New Contributors
+
+* Timon Van Overveldt
+* Tom Tromey
+* Varun Vats
+* vlastachu
+
+## Approved RFCs
+
+Changes to Rust follow the Rust [RFC (request for comments)
+process](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs#rust-rfcs). These
+are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:
+
+* [RFC 1513: Stabilize implementing panics as aborts](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1513).
+* [RFC 1444: Provide native support for C-compatible unions, defined via a new keyword `untagged_union`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1444).
+* [RFC 1398: Add a standard allocator interface and support for user-defined allocators](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1398).
+* [Amend RFC 550 with misc. follow set corrections](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1494).
+
+## Final Comment Period
+
+Every week [the team](https://rust-lang.org/team.html) announces the
+'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a
+decision. Express your opinions now. [This week's FCPs][fcp] are:
+
+[fcp]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/labels/final-comment-period
+
+* [Add `#[repr(pack = "N")]`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1399).
+* [Feature gate extern fn methods](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1429).
+* [Allow Drop types in statics/const functions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1440).
+* [Add a new crate-type, rdylib](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1510).
+* [Add workspaces to Cargo](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1525).
+* [Stabilize the `-C overflow-checks` command line argument](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1535).
+* [Add more integer atomic types](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1543).
+* [Add a generic `Atomic<T>` type](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1505).
+* [Remove some kinds of doc comments](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1373).
+* [Amend RFC 1228 with operator fixity and precedence](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1319).
+
+## New RFCs
+
+* [Support code generators with source maps and multiple source directories](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1573).
+* [Introduce more conventions around documenting Rust projects](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1574).
+* [Add a `vis` matcher to `macro_rules!` that matches valid visibility annotations](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1575).
+* [Add a `literal` fragment specifier for `macro_rules!` patterns that matches literal constants](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1576).
+* [Rust memory model](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1578).
+
+# Upcoming Events
+
+* [4/12. (San Diego) Eat– Drink– Rust! Downtown Rust Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/San-Diego-Rust/events/229907308/).
+* 4/13. Introduction to Rust, The Arts and Science University of Chiapas.
+* 4/13. Rust Community Team Meeting at #rust-community on irc.mozilla.org.
+* [4/13. Rust Boulder/Denver Monthly Meeting](http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Boulder-Denver/).
+* [4/14. Columbus Rust Society](http://www.meetup.com/columbus-rs/).
+* [4/15. Frankfurt/Main Rust Lint Workshop](http://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Rust-Rhein-Main/events/229564640/?eventId=229564640)
+* [4/18. Rust Paris](http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Paris).
+* [4/20. OpenTechSchool Berlin: Rust Hack and Learn](http://www.meetup.com/opentechschool-berlin/).
+
+If you are running a Rust event please add it to the [calendar] to get
+it mentioned here. Email [Erick Tryzelaar][erickt] or [Brian
+Anderson][brson] for access.
+
+[calendar]: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=apd9vmbc22egenmtu5l6c5jbfc%40group.calendar.google.com
+[erickt]: mailto:erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com
+[brson]: mailto:banderson@mozilla.com
+
+# fn work(on: RustProject) -> Money
+
+* [Senior full stack developer](http://onesignal.applytojob.com/apply/gpSzt4/Senior-Full-Stack-Developer) at OneSignal.
+* [PhD and postdoc positions](http://plv.mpi-sws.org/rustbelt/) at MPI-SWS.
+
+*Tweet us at [@ThisWeekInRust](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekInRust) to get your job offers listed here!*
+
+# Quote of the Week
+
+*No quote was selected for QotW.*
+
+[Submit your quotes for next week][submit]!
+
+[submit]: http://users.rust-lang.org/t/twir-quote-of-the-week/328