--- title: Variadic Generics Micro Survey results | daily.dev description: The Rust team published results from its Variadic Generics Micro Survey, run a year earlier to gather use cases for a hypothetical variadic generics feature.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/variadic-generics-micro-survey-results-fwy9ymyhi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Variadic Generics Micro Survey results | daily.dev og:description: The Rust team published results from its Variadic Generics Micro Survey, run a year earlier to gather use cases for a hypothetical variadic generics feature.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/variadic-generics-micro-survey-results-fwy9ymyhi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fWY9yMYHi.png og:image:alt: Variadic Generics Micro Survey results og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Variadic Generics Micro Survey results **[Inside Rust Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/insiderustblog)** · 10 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Rust team published results from its Variadic Generics Micro Survey, run a year earlier to gather use cases for a hypothetical variadic generics feature. The survey drew over 3300 submissions, including 900 text answers to a single question. Researchers processed the open-ended responses by hand rather than with AI, citing privacy and quality concerns. Common use cases included tuple trait implementations, SQL query parameter handling, and multi-dimensional tensor types, with many respondents frustrated by existing macro workarounds. On the final priority question, 'specialization' and 'better const generics' were frequently cited as competing priorities, and the overall sentiment was described as 'cautious, but interested.' ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many people responded to the Rust variadic generics survey and how were the answers analyzed? Over 3300 people submitted responses, including 900 text answers to a single question. The survey team chose to review the free-text answers by hand rather than use AI, citing privacy and quality concerns, which is why the results took a long time to publish. _Developers tracking Rust language proposals can follow community sentiment shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### What are common real-world use cases developers want variadic generics for in Rust? Frequently cited use cases include implementing a trait for tuples of any length (currently done with macros up to a fixed size), SQL query building with a variable number of columns or parameters, multi-dimensional tensor types catching dimension mismatches, and struct-of-arrays decomposition of a type's fields into tuples. _Rust developers weighing macro workarounds against future language features can track proposals like this on daily.dev._ ### What did Rust developers say they wanted more than variadic generics? In the final survey question, about 23 respondents who did not rate variadics as the highest priority feature cited 'specialization' and 'better const generics' as features they considered more important. The overall sentiment across respondents was described as cautious but interested, with some skeptics worried about feature creep making Rust harder for newcomers. _Anyone deciding which Rust features to watch can follow community priority signals like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [2025 State of Rust Survey Results](https://daily.dev/posts/2025-state-of-rust-survey-results-ja6nlmswh) · Rust · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [a grand vision for rust](https://daily.dev/posts/a-grand-vision-for-rust-fnxjbzooa) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [We Have Named Arguments at Home](https://daily.dev/posts/we-have-named-arguments-at-home-rkawezkub) · corrode · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Rust generics: from Static to Dynamic dispatch](https://daily.dev/posts/rust-generics-from-static-to-dynamic-dispatch-p5yv6gqc4) · Sylvain Kerkour · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#bevy](https://daily.dev/tags/bevy) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/variadic-generics-micro-survey-results-fwy9ymyhi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Variadic Generics Micro Survey results","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/variadic-generics-micro-survey-results-fwy9ymyhi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/variadic-generics-micro-survey-results-fwy9ymyhi"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T11:18:14.103Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T11:18:45.677Z","description":"The Rust team published results from its Variadic Generics Micro Survey, run a year earlier to gather use cases for a hypothetical variadic generics feature....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/10c030b2429f801a5aed8756bdece9d2?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/10c030b2429f801a5aed8756bdece9d2?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Inside Rust Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Inside Rust Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/dac5ded91c53479ba19948cc58333757","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/insiderustblog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/variadic-generics-micro-survey-results-fwy9ymyhi","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"rust,bevy","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Inside Rust Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/insiderustblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Variadic Generics Micro Survey results"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/variadic-generics-micro-survey-results-fwy9ymyhi#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many people responded to the Rust variadic generics survey and how were the answers analyzed?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Over 3300 people submitted responses, including 900 text answers to a single question. 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