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authorkazu <kazu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2013-12-25 16:05:13 +0000
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old ChangeLog and NEWS move to doc
* doc/NEWS-2.1.0: moved from NEWS * doc/ChangeLog-2.1.0: moved ChangeLog older than created ruby_2_0_0 branch * NEWS: NEWS for 2.2.0 that describes changes since 2.1.0 * ChangeLog: ChangeLog since created v2_1_0_rc1 tag (branch point of ruby_2_1 branch) git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@44427 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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# -*- rdoc -*-
-= NEWS for Ruby 2.1.0
+= NEWS for Ruby 2.2.0
This document is a list of user visible feature changes made between
releases except for bug fixes.
@@ -9,365 +9,19 @@ Note that each entry is kept so brief that no reason behind or
reference information is supplied with. For a full list of changes
with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
-== Changes since the 2.0.0 release
+== Changes since the 2.1.0 release
=== Language changes
-* Now the default values of keyword arguments can be omitted. Those
- "required keyword arguments" need giving explicitly at the call time.
-
-* Added suffixes for integer and float literals: 'r', 'i', and 'ri'.
- * "42r" and "3.14r" are evaluated as Rational(42, 1) and 3.14.rationalize,
- respectively. But exponential form with 'r' suffix like "6.022e+23r" is
- not accepted because it is misleading.
- * "42i" and "3.14i" are evaluated as Complex(0, 42) and Complex(0, 3.14),
- respectively.
- * "42ri" and "3.14ri" are evaluated as Complex(0, 42r) and Complex(0, 3.14r),
- respectively.
-
-* def-expr now returns the symbol of its name instead of nil.
-
=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)
-* Array
- * New methods
- * Array#to_h converts an array of key-value pairs into a Hash.
-
-* Binding
- * New methods
- * Binding#local_variable_get(symbol)
- * Binding#local_variable_set(symbol, obj)
- * Binding#local_variable_defined?(symbol)
-
-* Enumerable
- * New methods
- * Enumerable#to_h converts a list of key-value pairs into a Hash.
-
-* Exception
- * New methods
- * Exception#cause provides the previous exception which has been caught
- at where raising the new exception.
-
-* GC
- * improvements:
- * introduced the generational GC a.k.a RGenGC.
- * added environment variables:
- * RUBY_GC_HEAP_INIT_SLOTS
- * RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS
- * RUBY_GC_HEAP_GROWTH_FACTOR
- * RUBY_GC_HEAP_GROWTH_MAX_SLOTS
- * RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT_MAX
- * RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT_GROWTH_FACTOR
- * RUBY_GC_OLDMALLOC_LIMIT
- * RUBY_GC_OLDMALLOC_LIMIT_MAX
- * RUBY_GC_OLDMALLOC_LIMIT_GROWTH_FACTOR
- * obsoleted environment variables:
- * RUBY_FREE_MIN (Use RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS instead)
- * RUBY_HEAP_MIN_SLOTS (Use RUBY_GC_HEAP_INIT_SLOTS instead)
-
-* Integer
- * New methods
- * Fixnum#bit_length
- * Bignum#bit_length
- * Bignum performance improvement
- * Use GMP if available.
- GMP is used only for several operations:
- multiplication, division, radix conversion, GCD
-
-* IO
- * extended methods:
- * IO#seek supports SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE as whence.
- * IO#seek accepts symbols (:CUR, :END, :SET, :DATA, :HOLE) for 2nd argument.
- * IO#read_nonblock accepts optional `exception: false` to return symbols
- * IO#write_nonblock accepts optional `exception: false` to return symbols
-
-* Kernel
- * New methods:
- * Kernel#singleton_method
-
-* Module
- * New methods:
- * Module#using, which activates refinements of the specified module only
- in the current class or module definition.
- * Module#singleton_class? returns true if the receiver is a singleton class
- or false if it is an ordinary class or module.
- * extended methods:
- * Module#refine is no longer experimental.
- * Module#include and Module#prepend are now public methods.
-
-* Mutex
- * misc
- * Mutex#owned? is no longer experimental.
-
-* Numeric
- * extended methods:
- * Numeric#step allows the limit argument to be omitted, in which
- case an infinite sequence of numbers is generated. Keyword
- arguments `to` and `by` are introduced for ease of use.
-
-* Process
- * New methods:
- * alternative methods to $0/$0=:
- * Process.argv0() returns the original value of $0.
- * Process.setproctitle() sets the process title without affecting $0.
- * Process.clock_gettime
- * Process.clock_getres
-
-* String
- * New methods:
- * String#scrub and String#scrub! verify and fix invalid byte sequence.
- If you want to use this function with older Ruby,
- consider to use string-scrub.gem.
-
-* Symbol
- * All symbols are now frozen.
-
-* pack/unpack (Array/String)
- * Q! and q! directives for long long type if platform has the type.
-
-* toplevel
- * extended methods:
- * main.using is no longer experimental. The method activates refinements
- in the ancestors of the argument module to support refinement
- inheritance by Module#include.
-
=== Core classes compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
-* Hash
- * incompatible changes:
- * Hash#reject will return plain Hash object in the future versions, that
- is the original object's subclass, instance variables, default value,
- and taintedness will be no longer copied, so now warnings are emitted
- when called with such Hash.
-
-* IO
- * incompatible changes:
- * open ignore internal encoding if external encoding is ASCII-8BIT.
-
-* Kernel#eval, Kernel#instance_eval, and Module#module_eval.
- * Copies the scope information of the original environment, which means
- that private, protected, public, and module_function without arguments
- do not affect the environment outside the eval string.
- For example, `class Foo; eval "private"; def foo; end; end' doesn't make
- Foo#foo private.
-
-* Kernel#untrusted?, untrust, and trust
- * These methods are deprecated and their behavior is same as tainted?,
- taint, and untaint, respectively. If $VERBOSE is true, they show warnings.
-
-* Module#ancestors
- * The ancestors of a singleton class now include singleton classes,
- in particular itself.
-
-* Module#define_method and Object#define_singleton_method
- * Now they return the symbols of the defined methods, not the methods/procs
- themselves.
-
-* Numeric#quo
- * Raises TypeError instead of ArgumentError if the receiver doesn't have
- to_r method.
-
-* Proc
- * Returning from lambda proc now always exits from the Proc, not from the
- method where the lambda is created. Returning from non-lambda proc exits
- from the method, same as the former behavior.
-
-String
- * If invalid: :replace is specified for String#encode, replace
- invalid byte sequence even if the destination encoding equals to
- the source encoding.
-
=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)
-* CGI::Util
- * All class methods modulized.
-
-* Digest
- * extended methods:
- * Digest::Class.file takes optional arguments for its constructor
-
-* Matrix
- * Added Vector#cross_product.
-
-* Net::SMTP
- * Added Net::SMTP#rset to implement the RSET command
-
-* objspace
- * new method:
- * ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations
- * ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_start
- * ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_stop
- * ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_clear
- * ObjectSpace.allocation_sourcefile
- * ObjectSpace.allocation_sourceline
- * ObjectSpace.allocation_class_path
- * ObjectSpace.allocation_method_id
- * ObjectSpace.allocation_generation
- * ObjectSpace.reachable_objects_from_root
- * ObjectSpace.dump
- * ObjectSpace.dump_all
-
-* OpenSSL::BN
- * extended methods:
- * OpenSSL::BN.new allows Fixnum/Bignum argument.
-
-* open-uri
- * Support multiple fields with same field name (like Set-Cookie).
-
-* Pathname
- * New methods:
- * Pathname#write
- * Pathname#binwrite
-
-* rake
- * Updated to 10.1.0. Major changes include removal of the class namespace,
- Rake::DSL to hold the rake DSL methods and removal of support for legacy
- rake features.
-
- For a complete list of changes since rake 0.9.6 see:
-
- http://rake.rubyforge.org/doc/release_notes/rake-10_1_0_rdoc.html
-
- http://rake.rubyforge.org/doc/release_notes/rake-10_0_3_rdoc.html
-
-* RbConfig
- * New constants:
- * RbConfig::SIZEOF is added to provide the size of C types.
-
-* RDoc
- * Updated to 4.1.0. Major enhancements include a modified default template
- * and accessibility enhancements.
-
- For a list of minor enhancements and bug fixes see:
- https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/blob/v4.1.0.preview.1/History.rdoc
-
-* Resolv
- * New methods:
- * Resolv::DNS.fetch_resource
- * One-shot multicast DNS support
- * Support LOC resources
-
-* REXML::Parsers::SAX2Parser
- * Fixes wrong number of arguments of entitydecl event. Document of the event
- says "an array of the entity declaration" but implementation passes two
- or more arguments. It is an implementation bug but it breaks backward
- compatibility.
-
-* REXML::Parsers::StreamParser
- * Supports "entity" event.
-
-* REXML::Text
- * REXML::Text#<< supports method chain like 'text << "XXX" << "YYY"'.
- * REXML::Text#<< supports not "raw" mode.
-
-* Rinda::RingServer, Rinda::RingFinger
- * Rinda now supports multicast sockets. See Rinda::RingServer and
- Rinda::RingFinger for details.
-
-* RubyGems
- * Updated to 2.2.0. Notable new features include:
-
- * Gemfile or gem.deps.rb support including Gem.file.lock (experimental)
- * Improved, iterative resolver (compared to RubyGems 2.1 and earlier)
- * Support for a sharing a GEM_HOME across ruby platforms and versions
-
- For a complete list of enhancements and bug fixes see:
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/tree/master/History.txt
-
-* Set
- * New methods:
- * Set#intersect?
- * Set#disjoint?
-
-* Socket
- * New methods:
- * Socket.getifaddrs
-
-* StringScanner
- * extended methods:
- * StringScanner#[] supports named captures.
-
-* Syslog::Logger
- * Added facility.
-
-* Tempfile
- * New methods:
- * Tempfile.create
-
-* Timeout
- * The exception to terminate the given block can no longer be rescued
- inside the block, by default, unless the exception class is given
- explicitly.
-
-* TSort
- * New methods:
- * TSort.tsort
- * TSort.tsort_each
- * TSort.strongly_connected_components
- * TSort.each_strongly_connected_component
- * TSort.each_strongly_connected_component_from
-
-* WEBrick
- * The body of a response may now be a StringIO or other IO-like that responds
- to #readpartial and #read.
-
-* XMLRPC::Client
- * New methods:
- * XMLRPC::Client#http. It returns Net::HTTP for the client. Normally,
- it is not needed. It is useful when you want to change minor HTTP client
- options. You can change major HTTP client options by XMLRPC::Client
- methods. You should use XMLRPC::Client methods for changing major
- HTTP client options instead of XMLRPC::Client#http.
-
=== Stdlib compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
-* Set
- * incompatible changes:
- * Set#to_set now returns self instead of generating a copy.
-
-* URI
- * incompatible changes:
- * URI.decode_www_form follows current WHATWG URL Standard.
- It gets encoding argument to specify the character encoding.
- It now allows loose percent encoded strings, but denies ;-separator.
- * URI.encode_www_form follows current WHATWG URL Standard.
- It gets encoding argument to convert before percent encode.
- UTF-16 strings aren't converted to UTF-8 before percent encode by default.
-
-* curses
- * Removed.
- curses is now available as a gem.
- See https://rubygems.org/gems/curses for details.
-
=== Built-in global variables compatibility issues
-* $SAFE
- * $SAFE=4 is obsolete. If $SAFE is set to 4 or larger, an ArgumentError
- is raised.
-
=== C API updates
-* rb_gc_set_params() is deprecated. This is only used in Ruby internal.
-
-* rb_gc_count() added. This returns the number of times GC occurred.
-
-* rb_gc_stat() added. This allows access to specific GC.stat() values from C
- without any allocation overhead.
-
-* rb_gc_latest_gc_info() added. This allows access to GC.latest_gc_info().
-
-* rb_postponed_job_register() added. Takes a function callback which is invoked
- when the VM is in a consistent state, i.e. to perform work from a C signal
- handler.
-
-* rb_profile_frames() added. Provides low-cost access to the current ruby stack
- for callstack profiling.
-
-* rb_tracepoint_new() supports new internal events accessible only from C:
- * RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_NEWOBJ
- * RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_FREEOBJ
- * RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_START
- * RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_END_MARK
- * RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_END_SWEEP
- * Note that you *can not* specify "internal events" with normal events
- (such as RUBY_EVENT_CALL, RUBY_EVENT_RETURN) simultaneously.