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authorknu <knu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2007-03-12 21:41:35 +0000
committerknu <knu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2007-03-12 21:41:35 +0000
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* NEWS: Reword and improve entries.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@12057 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
= NEWS
This document is a list of user visible feature changes made between
-releases excluding bug fixes.
+releases except for bug fixes.
Note that each entry is kept so brief that no reason behind or
reference information is supplied with. For a full list of changes
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
* Support for autoloading.
+ require 'digest'
+
+ # autoloads digest/md5
+ md = Digest::MD5.digest("string")
+
* See below for new features and compatibility issues.
* nkf
@@ -63,9 +68,8 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
* New digest class methods: file
- * New digest instance methods: clone, reset, new,
- inspect, digest_length (alias size or length),
- block_length()
+ * New digest instance methods: clone, reset, new, inspect,
+ digest_length (alias size or length), block_length()
* New library: digest/bubblebabble
@@ -78,8 +82,8 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
* thread
* Replaced with much faster mutex implementation in C.
- The former implementation is available with a
- configure option `--disable-fastthread'.
+ The former implementation is available with a configure option
+ `--disable-fastthread'.
* webrick
@@ -95,14 +99,12 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
* fileutils
* A minor implementation change breaks Rake <=0.7.1.
- Updating Rake to 0.7.2 fixes the problem.
+ Updating Rake to 0.7.2 or higher fixes the problem.
* digest
- * The constructor does no longer take an initial
- string to feed; digest() and hexdigest() now do,
- instead. The following examples show how to
- migrate:
+ * The constructor does no longer take an initial string to feed.
+ The following examples show how to migrate:
# Before
md = Digest::MD5.new("string")