chalk VS rust-analyzer

Compare chalk vs rust-analyzer and see what are their differences.

chalk

An implementation and definition of the Rust trait system using a PROLOG-like logic solver (by rust-lang)

rust-analyzer

A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs [Moved to: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer] (by rust-analyzer)
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chalk rust-analyzer
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1,768 9,320
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7.0 10.0
29 days ago about 2 years ago
Rust Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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chalk

Posts with mentions or reviews of chalk. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-18.
  • Why did Prolog lose steam? (2010)
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Apr 2023
    The Rust compiler uses a Prolog-like query language internally for type checking generic requirements and traits: https://github.com/rust-lang/chalk
  • Why doesn't rust-analyzer reuse infrastructures of rustc?
    3 projects | /r/rust | 5 Apr 2023
    rust-analyzer already uses chalk (https://github.com/rust-lang/chalk) which should replace the current trait resolver.
  • Why use Rust on the backend? by Adam Chalmers
    3 projects | /r/rust | 21 Mar 2023
    Well it's quite easy to come to that conclusion: The code compiles with rustc, which is currently the reference implementation. If rust-analyzer does not match rustc's behavior it's an issue in their implementation. That written it's not that easy to fix as it's related to how rust-analyzer resolves types/traits. rust-analyzer uses chalk for this, which is known to be incomplete/diverging from the RFC'ed behavior. Now one could argue that we can simplify diesel to the point where it works will with rust-analyzer/chalk, but that would result in basically removing core diesel features that exist way longer than rust-analyzer.
  • Why has functional programming become so popular in non-academic settings?
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Mar 2023
    > Not all of those things work well in the real world. E.g. logic programming (prolog) is cool but ultimately never really caught on.

    It does have its niches though. For example, there is a trait solver for Rust called Chalk that uses a Prolog-inspired language because trait bounds basically define a logic:

    https://github.com/rust-lang/chalk

  • General mathematical expression analysis system
    2 projects | /r/ProgrammingLanguages | 30 Jan 2023
    Maybe something in the prolog/datalog direction could be useful? Notably Rust has Chalk to help with trait resolution ("Chalk is a library that implements the Rust trait system, based on Prolog-ish logic rules.")
  • Useful lesser-used languages?
    9 projects | /r/ProgrammingLanguages | 23 Sep 2022
    There has been work to implement part of the Rust typing logic in the Chalk Engine which uses a prolog-ish syntax to describe its rules.
  • Can you have a function return different types known at compile time
    2 projects | /r/rust | 26 Aug 2022
    That's something Chalk is trying to tackle.
  • Compile time wins today
    4 projects | /r/rust | 20 Aug 2022
    We probably will see all of them at some point -- polonius is a current effort to make the borrow checker accept more valid programs, in a way that also simplifies the logic and is probably a bit faster than the current NLL system, chalk is an attempt to do a similar thing for the trait system, and cranelift is a project that seeks to replace the LLVM codegen backend. But obviously, these are very large and complex projects that are gonna take some time.
  • What is the difference between associated types and generics?
    1 project | /r/rust | 29 Jul 2022
    Do Rust developers realize that? Oh, yes, absolutely, that's why we have this:
  • Question about Trait Bounds (from Rust for Rustaceans)
    2 projects | /r/rust | 5 Jul 2022
    For me an attempt to write where HashMap: FromIterator and then use new and insert was totally bizzare because currently rustc is pretty primitive and doesn't do super-complex machinery needed to do what you want. Chalk may fix that one day, but it's nowhere near to being ready for inclusion into rustc thus I wouldn't even attempt to do what you tried to do… but that's not something you are supposed to know before reading this book!

rust-analyzer

Posts with mentions or reviews of rust-analyzer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-17.
  • rust-analyzer changelog #177
    1 project | /r/rust | 17 Apr 2023
    #14561 map tokens from include! expansion to the included file
  • Make LSP-Rust-analyzer works
    1 project | /r/neovim | 2 Mar 2023
    return { tools = { -- autoSetHints = false, on_initialized = function() vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufWritePost", "BufEnter", "CursorHold", "InsertLeave" }, { pattern = { "*.rs" }, callback = function() vim.lsp.codelens.refresh() end, }) end, auto = false, inlay_hints = { -- Only show inlay hints for the current line only_current_line = false, auto = false, -- Event which triggers a refersh of the inlay hints. -- You can make this "CursorMoved" or "CursorMoved,CursorMovedI" but -- not that this may cause higher CPU usage. -- This option is only respected when only_current_line and -- autoSetHints both are true. only_current_line_autocmd = "CursorHold", -- whether to show parameter hints with the inlay hints or not -- default: true show_parameter_hints = false, -- whether to show variable name before type hints with the inlay hints or not -- default: false show_variable_name = false, -- prefix for parameter hints -- default: "<-" -- parameter_hints_prefix = "<- ", parameter_hints_prefix = " ", -- prefix for all the other hints (type, chaining) -- default: "=>" -- other_hints_prefix = "=> ", other_hints_prefix = " ", -- whether to align to the lenght of the longest line in the file max_len_align = false, -- padding from the left if max_len_align is true max_len_align_padding = 1, -- whether to align to the extreme right or not right_align = false, -- padding from the right if right_align is true right_align_padding = 7, -- The color of the hints highlight = "Comment", }, hover_actions = { auto_focus = false, border = "rounded", width = 60, -- height = 30, }, }, server = { --[[ $ mkdir -p ~/.local/bin $ curl -L https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/releases/latest/download/rust-analyzer-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.gz | gunzip -c - > ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer $ chmod +x ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer --]] -- cmd = { os.getenv "HOME" .. "/.local/bin/rust-analyzer" }, cmd = { os.getenv "HOME" .. "~/.cargo/bin/rust-analyzer" }, on_attach = require("user.lsp.handlers").on_attach, capabilities = require("user.lsp.handlers").capabilities, settings = { ["rust-analyzer"] = { lens = { enable = true, }, checkOnSave = { command = "clippy", }, }, }, }, }
  • rust-analyzer changelog #164
    3 projects | /r/rust | 17 Jan 2023
    I would like changes like https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/pull/13799 to be listed in 'Breaking Changes' category, to приманка draw the users' attention.
  • Mun v0.4.0 released
    4 projects | /r/rust_gamedev | 13 Dec 2022
    For those of you who haven’t heard of Mun before, Mun is an embeddable programming language empowering creation through iteration. The idea to create Mun originated out of frustration with the Lua dynamic scripting language and a desire to have similar hot reloading functionality available in Rust. As such, it’s not a direct competitor with Rust, but instead is intended to be used with Rust (or C/C++) as a host/embedded language pairing. Actually, Mun is completely written in Rust, building on similar crates as rust-analyzer and rustc. Its key features include:
  • rust-analyzer changelog #159
    2 projects | /r/rust | 12 Dec 2022
    #13728 upgrade chalk to make solver fuel work again (works around most trait solving hangs).
  • rust-analyzer changelog #147
    1 project | /r/rust | 19 Sep 2022
    #13221 (first contribution) add option to move lenses above doc comments (rust-analyzer.lens.location):
  • Does Rust need proc-macros 2.0?
    2 projects | /r/rust | 27 Jul 2022
    Rust-analyzer has a good overview: https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/dev/syntax.md
  • rust-analyzer changelog #134
    7 projects | /r/rust | 20 Jun 2022
    #12517 (first contribution) fix completion for methods in trait generated by macro.
  • LSP Rust Analyzer keeps telling me `Error NO_RESULT_CALLBACK_FOUND`
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 12 Jun 2022
    -- all the opts to send to nvim-lspconfig -- these override the defaults set by rust-tools.nvim -- see https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/master/doc/server_configurations.md#rust_analyzer server = { -- on_attach is a callback called when the language server attachs to the buffer -- on_attach = on_attach, settings = { -- to enable rust-analyzer settings visit: -- https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/user/generated_config.adoc ["rust-analyzer"] = { -- enable clippy on save checkOnSave = { command = "clippy" }, assist = { importGranularity = "module", importPrefix = "self", }, cargo = { loadOutDirsFromCheck = true }, procMacro = { enable = true }, } } },
  • rust-analyzer changelog #130
    2 projects | /r/rust | 23 May 2022
    #12349 publish universal VSIX to make Code happy.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing chalk and rust-analyzer you can also consider the following projects:

polonius - Defines the Rust borrow checker.

vscode-rust - Rust extension for Visual Studio Code

miri - An interpreter for Rust's mid-level intermediate representation

Clippy - A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code. Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/clippy/

prolog - The only reasonable scripting engine for Go.

intellij-rust - Rust plugin for the IntelliJ Platform

lccc - Lightning Creations Compiler Frontend for various languages

rustfmt - Format Rust code

pny1-assignment - College assignment writing in which I ramble about type classes and dependent types.

eglot - A client for Language Server Protocol servers

expr - Expression language and expression evaluation for Go [Moved to: https://github.com/expr-lang/expr]

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.