From 8dff029f9d155ca9dbc317d362919e5e43c2a232 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Crichton Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:46:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated release notes for 0.11.0 --- AUTHORS.txt | 1 - RELEASES.txt | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt index e0c488e584a..ab4f234cc99 100644 --- a/AUTHORS.txt +++ b/AUTHORS.txt @@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ TyOverby Tycho Sci Tyler Bindon U-NOV2010\eugals -User Jyyou Utkarsh Kukreti Uwe Dauernheim Vadim Chugunov diff --git a/RELEASES.txt b/RELEASES.txt index ee437b658e1..457328b2c90 100644 --- a/RELEASES.txt +++ b/RELEASES.txt @@ -1,3 +1,135 @@ +Version 0.11.0 (July 2014) +------------------------- + + * ~1700 changes, numerous bugfixes + + * Language + * ~[T] has been removed from the language. This type is superseded by + the Vec type. + * ~str has been removed from the language. This type is superseded by + the String type. + * ~T has been removed from the language. This type is superseded by the + Box type. + * @T has been removed from the language. This type is superseded by the + standard library's std::gc::Gc type. + * Struct fields are now all private by default. + * Vector indices and shift amounts are both required to be a `uint` + instead of any integral type. + * Byte character, byte string, and raw byte string literals are now all + supported by prefixing the normal literal with a `b`. + * Multiple ABIs are no longer allowed in an ABI string + * The syntax for lifetimes on closures/procedures has been tweaked + slightly: `<'a>|A, B|: 'b + K -> T` + * Floating point modulus has been removed from the language; however it + is still provided by a library implementation. + * Private enum variants are now disallowed. + * The `priv` keyword has been removed from the language. + * A closure can no longer be invoked through a &-pointer. + * The `use foo, bar, baz;` syntax has been removed from the language. + * The transmute intrinsic no longer works on type parameters. + * Statics now allow blocks/items in their definition. + * Trait bounds are separated from objects with + instead of : now. + * Objects can no longer be read while they are mutably borrowed. + * The address of a static is now marked as insignificant unless the + #[inline(never)] attribute is placed it. + * The #[unsafe_destructor] attribute is now behind a feature gate. + * Struct literals are no longer allowed in ambiguous positions such as + if, while, match, and for..in. + * Declaration of lang items and intrinsics are now feature-gated by + default. + * Integral literals no longer default to `int`, and floating point + literals no longer default to `f64`. Literals must be suffixed with an + appropriate type if inference cannot determine the type of the + literal. + * The Box type is no longer implicitly borrowed to &mut T. + * Procedures are now required to not capture borrowed references. + + * Libraries + * The standard library is now a "facade" over a number of underlying + libraries. This means that development on the standard library should + be speeder due to smaller crates, as well as a clearer line between + all dependencies. + * A new library, libcore, lives under the standard library's facade + which is Rust's "0-assumption" library, suitable for embedded and + kernel development for example. + * A regex crate has been added to the standard distribution. This crate + includes statically compiled regular expressions. + * The unwrap/unwrap_err methods on Result require a Show bound for + better error messages. + * The return types of the std::comm primitives have been centralized + around the Result type. + * A number of I/O primitives have gained the ability to time out their + operations. + * A number of I/O primitives have gained the ability to close their + reading/writing halves to cancel pending operations. + * Reverse iterator methods have been removed in favor of `rev()` on + their forward-iteration counterparts. + * A bitflags! macro has been added to enable easy interop with C and + management of bit flags. + * A debug_assert! macro is now provided which is disabled when + `--cfg ndebug` is passed to the compiler. + * A graphviz crate has been added for creating .dot files. + * The std::cast module has been migrated into std::mem. + * The std::local_data api has been migrated from freestanding functions + to being based on methods. + * The Pod trait has been renamed to Copy. + * jemalloc has been added as the default allocator for types. + * The API for allocating memory has been changed to use proper alignment + and sized deallocation + * Connecting a TcpStream or binding a TcpListener is now based on a + string address and a u16 port. This allows connecting to a hostname as + opposed to an IP. + * The Reader trait now contains a core method, read_at_least(), which + correctly handles many repeated 0-length reads. + * The process-spawning API is now centered around a builder-style + Command struct. + * The :? printing qualifier has been moved from the standard library to + an external libdebug crate. + * Eq/Ord have been renamed to PartialEq/PartialOrd. TotalEq/TotalOrd + have been renamed to Eq/Ord. + * The select/plural methods have been removed from format!. The escapes + for { and } have also changed from \{ and \} to {{ and }}, + respectively. + * The TaskBuilder API has been re-worked to be a true builder, and + extension traits for spawning native/green tasks have been added. + + * Tooling + * All breaking changes to the language or libraries now have their + commit message annotated with `[breaking-change]` to allow for easy + discovery of breaking changes. + * The compiler will now try to suggest how to annotate lifetimes if a + lifetime-related error occurs. + * Debug info continues to be improved greatly with general bug fixes and + better support for situations like link time optimization (LTO). + * Usage of syntax extensions when cross-compiling has been fixed. + * Functionality equivalent to GCC & Clang's -ffunction-sections, + -fdata-sections and --gc-sections has been enabled by default + * The compiler is now stricter about where it will load module files + from when a module is declared via `mod foo;`. + * The #[phase(syntax)] attribute has been renamed to #[phase(plugin)]. + Syntax extensions are now discovered via a "plugin registrar" type + which will be extended in the future to other various plugins. + * Lints have been restructured to allow for dynamically loadable lints. + * A number of rustdoc improvements: + * The HTML output has been visually redesigned. + * Markdown is now powered by hoedown instead of sundown. + * Searching heuristics have been greatly improved. + * The search index has been reduced in size by a great amount. + * Cross-crate documentation via `pub use` has been greatly improved. + * Primitive types are now hyperlinked and documented. + * Documentation has been moved from static.rust-lang.org/doc to + doc.rust-lang.org + * A new sandbox, play.rust-lang.org, is available for running and + sharing rust code examples on-line. + * Unused attributes are now more robustly warned about. + * The dead_code lint now warns about unused struct fields. + * Cross-compiling to iOS is now supported. + * Cross-compiling to mipsel is now supported. + * Stability attributes are now inherited by default and no longer apply + to intra-crate usage, only inter-crate usage. + * Error message related to non-exhaustive match expressions have been + greatly improved. + Version 0.10 (April 2014) -------------------------