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| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASES.txt | 33 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/RELEASES.txt b/RELEASES.txt index f9b7c0730b8..01a2e5fad0f 100644 --- a/RELEASES.txt +++ b/RELEASES.txt @@ -1,21 +1,14 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) --------------------------- - * ~2000 changes, numerous bugfixes - - * TODO: - * Ord/Cmp - * Lifetime changes - * Remove `static` keyword - * Static method syntax - * `as Trait` - * `copy` removed, replaced with `Clone`? - * More details for "Name resolution continues to be tweaked"? + * ~2100 changes, numerous bugfixes * Syntax changes * The self type parameter in traits is now spelled `Self` * The `self` parameter in trait and impl methods must now be explicitly named (for example: `fn f(&self) { }`). Implicit self is deprecated. + * Static methods no longer require the `static` keyword and instead + are distinguished by the lack of a `self` parameter * Replaced the `Durable` trait with the `'static` lifetime * The old closure type syntax with the trailing sigil has been removed in favor of the more consistent leading sigil @@ -23,6 +16,7 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) * Trait bounds are separated with `+` instead of whitespace * Traits are implemented with `impl Trait for Type` instead of `impl Type: Trait` + * Lifetime syntax is now `&'l foo` instead of `&l/foo` * The `export` keyword has finally been removed * The `move` keyword has been removed (see "Semantic changes") * The interior mutability qualifier on vectors, `[mut T]`, has been @@ -41,9 +35,11 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) * Pattern matching over vectors improved and expanded * `const` renamed to `static` to correspond to lifetime name, and make room for future `static mut` unsafe mutable globals. - * Replaced `#[deriving_eq]` with `#[deriving(Eq)]` + * Replaced `#[deriving_eq]` with `#[deriving(Eq)]`, etc. * `Clone` implementations can be automatically generated with `#[deriving(Clone)]` + * Casts to traits must use a pointer sigil, e.g. `@foo as @Bar` + instead of `foo as Bar`. * Semantic changes * Types with owned pointers or custom destructors move by default, @@ -54,7 +50,11 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) * () has size 0 * The name of the main function can be customized using #[main] * The default type of an inferred closure is &fn instead of @fn - * Name resolution continues to be tweaked + * `use` statements may no longer be "chained" - they cannot import + identifiers imported by previous `use` statements + * `use` statements are crate relative, importing from the "top" + of the crate by default. Paths may be prefixed with `super::` + or `self::` to change the search behavior. * Method visibility is inherited from the implementation declaration * Structural records have been removed * Many more types can be used in static items, including enums @@ -78,14 +78,15 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) * `std::deque` and `std::smallintmap` reimplemented as owned containers * `core::trie` added as a fast ordered map for integer keys * Set types added to `core::hashmap`, `core::trie` and `std::treemap` + * `Ord` split into `Ord` and `TotalOrd`. `Ord` is still used to + overload the comparison operators, whereas `TotalOrd` is used + by certain container types - * Tools + * Other * Replaced the 'cargo' package manager with 'rustpkg' * Added all-purpose 'rust' tool * `rustc --test` now supports benchmarks with the `#[bench]` attribute - * rustc now attempts to offer spelling suggestions - - * Misc + * rustc now *attempts* to offer spelling suggestions * Improved support for ARM and Android * Preliminary MIPS backend * Improved foreign function ABI implementation for x86, x86_64 |