Brian Anderson

Add more sysvar API docs

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#### Problem More docs needed. #### Summary of Changes This adds documentation to the sysvar module and its submodules, to the data types and supporting functions associated with each sysvar....

Allow `_` in `match` to appear earlier on

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I have a grammar for which the match statement looks like ``` match { "access_log", "client_body_temp_path", "default_server", "error_log", "events", "fastcgi_temp_path", "http", "index", "listen", "pid", "proxy_temp_path", "root", "scgi_temp_path", "server", "server_name", "user",...

rust: project 4 benchmarking problems

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On slack QuRyu reported some problems completing the project 4 benchmarks: https://tikv-wg.slack.com/archives/CKD9363A8/p1568990445005500 The two main problems: - They ran into ulimits for open socks. I believe this benchmark describes opening...

Rust: fix upstream sled documentation / code to indicate the need for flushes

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Per @sticnarf sled's api requires explicit frequent flushes that aren't sufficiently described in its documentation. Fix that.

Read through the project 4 text and follow the steps as written. The purpose of this is to discover missing information, conflicting information, inconsistencies, and things that can be improved....

Rust: Add a great first reading to building blocks 1

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The beginning of the course is pretty boring, and there's not a lot of interesting background reading before project 1. I'm thinking a great way to start it off would...

Reconsider use of failure crate in rust projects

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[This comment from @BurntSushi came to my attention lately](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-cookbook/issues/502#issue-387418261) where he argues against using error libraries in teaching material, and I've heard other skepticism about the wisdom of using `failure`...

Add illustration of log-structured storage

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Per questions mentioned here: https://github.com/pingcap/talent-plan/issues/114#issuecomment-510635176 It's not clear what to write to disk on "set". The task is purposefully open to interpretation, but there's not quite enough guidance yet. Also...

Use multiple logs in Rust training course text

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Counterpart to https://github.com/pingcap/talent-plan/issues/71

Before beginning the project we had several discussions about the subject pingcap wants covered. Then we proceeded to design the course in a way that would hopefully cover those topics....