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| author | Brian Anderson <banderson@mozilla.com> | 2013-09-23 14:17:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Brian Anderson <banderson@mozilla.com> | 2013-09-23 14:17:58 -0700 |
| commit | 9969b573c17efbc1c888eb952031580df8401cc2 (patch) | |
| tree | 7a8cc26bdcd1934bd527edef1f49d66bb916170e | |
| parent | eb55348a7cb1d99563c9135b8c83bcc20f6346bf (diff) | |
| download | rust-9969b573c17efbc1c888eb952031580df8401cc2.tar.gz rust-9969b573c17efbc1c888eb952031580df8401cc2.zip | |
More 0.8 release notes
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diff --git a/RELEASES.txt b/RELEASES.txt index 63080fe6528..e4d7086658d 100644 --- a/RELEASES.txt +++ b/RELEASES.txt @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Version 0.8 (October 2013) * `ref` bindings in irrefutable patterns work correctly now. * `char` is now prevented from containing invalid code points. * Casting to `bool` is no longer allowed. + * `\0` is now accepted as an escape in chars and strings. * `yield` is a reserved keyword. * `typeof` is a reserved keyword. * Crates may be imported by URL with `extern mod foo = "url";`. @@ -111,6 +112,9 @@ Version 0.8 (October 2013) the `MutableSet` and `MutableMap` traits. `Container::is_empty`, `Map::contains_key`, `MutableMap::insert`, and `MutableMap::remove` have default implementations. + * std: Various `from_str` functions were removed in favor of a generic + `from_str` which is available in the prelude. + * std: `util::unreachable` removed in favor of the `unreachable!` macro. * extra: `dlist`, the doubly-linked list was modernized. * extra: Added a `hex` module with `ToHex` and `FromHex` traits. * extra: Added `glob` module, replacing `std::os::glob`. @@ -125,6 +129,9 @@ Version 0.8 (October 2013) * extra: `semver` updated to SemVer 2.0.0. * extra: `term` handles more terminals correctly. * extra: `dbg` module removed. + * extra: `par` module removed. + * extra: `future` was cleaned up, with some method renames. + * extra: Most free functions in `getopts` were converted to methods. * Other * rustc's debug info generation (`-Z debug-info`) is greatly improved. @@ -205,6 +212,7 @@ Version 0.7 (July 2013) * std: Many old internal vector and string iterators, incl. `any`, `all`. removed. * std: The `finalize` method of `Drop` renamed to `drop`. + * std: The `drop` method now takes `&mut self` instead of `&self`. * std: The prelude no longer reexports any modules, only types and traits. * std: Prelude additions: `print`, `println`, `FromStr`, `ApproxEq`, `Equiv`, `Iterator`, `IteratorUtil`, many numeric traits, many tuple traits. |