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diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md index 068e9e7263e..1dee94b76ac 100644 --- a/RELEASES.md +++ b/RELEASES.md @@ -1,3 +1,141 @@ +Version 1.28.0 (2018-08-02) +=========================== + +Language +-------- +- [Stabilised the `#[repr(transparent)]` attribute.][51562] This attribute + allows a Rust newtype wrapper (`struct NewType<T>(T);`) to be represented as + the inner type across Foreign Function Interface (FFI) boundaries. +- [The keywords `pure`, `sizeof`, `alignof`, and `offsetof` have been unreserved + and can now be used as identifiers.][51196] +- [Stabilised the `GlobalAlloc` trait and `#[global_allocator]` + attribute.][51241] This will allow users to specify a global allocator for + their program. +- [Unit test functions marked with the `#[test]` attribute can now return + `Result<(), E: Debug>` in addition to `()`.][51298] +- [Stabilised a `lifetime` specifier to `macro_rules!` allowing macros to easily + target lifetimes.][50385] + +Compiler +-------- +- [Stabilised the `s` and `z` optimisation levels.][50265] These optimisations + prioritise making smaller binary sizes. `z` is the same as `s` with the + exception that it does not vectorise loops, which typically results in an even + smaller binary. +- [Stabilised the short error format.][49546] Specified with + `--error-format=short` this option will provide a more compressed output of + rust error messages. +- [Added a lint warning when you have duplicated `macro_export`s.][50143] +- [Reduced the number of allocations in the macro parser.][50855] This can + improve compile times of macro heavy crates on average by 5%. + +Libraries +--------- +- [Implemented `Default` for `&mut str`.][51306] +- [Implemented `From<bool>` for all integer and unsigned number types.][50554] +- [Implemented `Extend` for `()`.][50234] +- [The `Debug` implementation of `time::Duration` should now be more easily + human readable.][50364] Previously a `Duration` of one second would printed as + `Duration { secs: 1, nanos: 0 }` will now be printed as `1s`. +- [Implemented `From<&String>` for `Cow<str>`, `From<&Vec<T>>` for `Cow<[T]>`, + `From<Cow<CStr>>` for `CString`, `From<CString>, From<CStr>, From<&CString>` + for `Cow<CStr>`, `From<OsString>, From<OsStr>, From<&OsString>` for + `Cow<OsStr>`, `From<&PathBuf>` for `Cow<Path>`, and `From<Cow<Path>>` + for `PathBuf`.][50170] +- [`DirEntry::metadata` now uses `fstatat` instead of `lstat` when + possible.][51050] This can provide up to a 40% speed increase. +- [Improved error messages when using `format!`.][50610] + +Stabilized APIs +--------------- +- [`Iterator::step_by`] +- [`Path::ancestors`] +- [`btree_map::Entry::or_default`] +- [`fmt::Alignment`] +- [`hash_map::Entry::or_default`] +- [`iter::repeat_with`] +- [`num::NonZeroU128`] +- [`num::NonZeroU16`] +- [`num::NonZeroU32`] +- [`num::NonZeroU64`] +- [`num::NonZeroU8`] +- [`ops::RangeBounds`] +- [`slice::SliceIndex`] +- [`slice::from_mut`] +- [`slice::from_ref`] +- [`{Any + Send + Sync}::downcast_mut`] +- [`{Any + Send + Sync}::downcast_ref`] +- [`{Any + Send + Sync}::is`] + +Cargo +----- +- [Cargo will now no longer allow you to publish crates with build scripts that + modify the `src` directory.][5584] The `src` directory in a crate should be + considered to be immutable. + +Misc +---- +- [Stabilised the `suggestion_applicability` field in the json output.][50486] + This will allow dev tools to check whether a code suggestion would apply + to them. + +Compatibility Notes +------------------- +- [Rust will no longer consider trait objects with duplicated constraints to + have implementations.][51276] For example the below code will now fail + to compile. + ```rust + trait Trait {} + + impl Trait + Send { + fn test(&self) { println!("one"); } //~ ERROR duplicate definitions with name `test` + } + + impl Trait + Send + Send { + fn test(&self) { println!("two"); } + } + ``` + +[49546]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/49546/ +[50143]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50143/ +[50170]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50170/ +[50234]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50234/ +[50265]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50265/ +[50364]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50364/ +[50385]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50385/ +[50486]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50486/ +[50554]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50554/ +[50610]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50610/ +[50855]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/50855/ +[51050]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51050/ +[51196]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51196/ +[51200]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51200/ +[51241]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51241/ +[51276]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51276/ +[51298]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51298/ +[51306]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51306/ +[51562]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51562/ +[5584]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/5584/ +[`Iterator::step_by`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/iter/trait.Iterator.html#method.step_by +[`Path::ancestors`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/path/struct.Path.html#method.ancestors +[`btree_map::Entry::or_default`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/btree_map/enum.Entry.html#method.or_default +[`fmt::Alignment`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/enum.Alignment.html +[`hash_map::Entry::or_default`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/btree_map/enum.Entry.html#method.or_default +[`iter::repeat_with`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/iter/fn.repeat_with.html +[`num::NonZeroU128`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/num/struct.NonZeroU128.html +[`num::NonZeroU16`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/num/struct.NonZeroU16.html +[`num::NonZeroU32`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/num/struct.NonZeroU32.html +[`num::NonZeroU64`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/num/struct.NonZeroU64.html +[`num::NonZeroU8`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/num/struct.NonZeroU8.html +[`ops::RangeBounds`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ops/trait.RangeBounds.html +[`slice::SliceIndex`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/slice/trait.SliceIndex.html +[`slice::from_mut`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/slice/fn.from_mut.html +[`slice::from_ref`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/slice/fn.from_ref.html +[`{Any + Send + Sync}::downcast_mut`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/any/trait.Any.html#method.downcast_mut-2 +[`{Any + Send + Sync}::downcast_ref`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/any/trait.Any.html#method.downcast_ref-2 +[`{Any + Send + Sync}::is`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/any/trait.Any.html#method.is-2 + + Version 1.27.0 (2018-06-21) ========================== |