Whether it's pie-in-the-sky, or something that's currently being stabilized -- what are you hoping to see in Rust in 2026 (in particular due to experiences in 2025)?

In 2025 I've run into a surprising amount of needing custom Result-like types, which has caused me to be unable to use the ? operator in places where it would make the code much more friendly on the eyes. I would love to see try-v2, with the ability to define custom ? conversions, stabilized. Not sure if it's at the very top of the list, but if it isn't -- it's close.

I also want async drop. There are workarounds that I'm not completely unsatisfied with, so this isn't as big of deal as I used to think it was. But it would be nice.

A less footgun'y async select! would be nice, but I have no idea what that would look like.

And finally I want lots of stabilizations in std. Not a week goes by where I don't run into something I want/need in std only to discover that it's nightly only.

Looking forward to seeing what 2026 brings!

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