> I also think there are plenty of things we are unlikely to get to even in an edition, and that might never happen without a completely different language.

Yes, this is my feeling too. All programming languages - perhaps, all computer programs - must decide how malleable they should be. Fast moving systems are exciting, but they're very annoying to use, or build on top of. I think generally we want a very slow moving language for infrastructure software, like databases or the linux kernel. Slow moving languages are often good for users, because they don't need to learn new things or rewrite existing software. (I think thats one of the reasons python3 was so poorly received.)

It might be too late for large changes in rust. This a sign of maturity, but its also a little bit sad. I want all those features you mention too.

Some day. Maybe LLMs will help somehow. Rust is, thankfully, not the last programming language humans will invent.