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@@ -1,301 +0,0 @@ -= NEWS - -This document is a list of user visible feature changes made between -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 -with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file. - -== Changes since the 1.8.7 release - -=== Lexical changes - -* empty symbol literal - - Empty symbol (:"") is allowed. - -* new hash immediates - - Ruby 1.9 style hash syntax e.g. { key: value } is now supported. - Just like the normal hash syntax, you can put key-value pairs - without enclosing parentheses at the end of a method argument list. - e.g. some_method foo: 1, bar: 2 - -* new method invocation syntax - - Ruby 1.9 style special method invocation syntax f.(x), which is - equivalent to f.call(x), is supported. This is mainly for use - in invoking a Proc. - -* trailing comma in argument list - - A trailing comma can be put at the end of an argument list. - e.g. - MyStruct = Struct.new( - :id, - :name, - :created_at, - :description, - ) - -=== Configuration changes - -* version specific directories - - A new configure option --with-ruby-version is added, which allows - user to specify the version string (defaulted to "1.8") for version - specific directories such as library directories, ri directories and - gem directories. - -=== Library updates (outstanding ones only) - -* global functions - - * loop - - Return an enumerator if no block is given. - -* builtin classes - - * Array#try_convert - * Hash#try_convert - * IO#try_convert - * Regexp#try_convert - * String#try_convert - - New methods. - - * Array#sample - - New method which replaces #choice. - - * Array#sort_by! - - New method. - - * Enumerable#each_entry - - New method. - - * Enumerable#each_with_object - * Enumerator#with_object - - New methods. - - * Enumerator.new { |y| ... } - - Now can generate an enumerator from a block that defines - enumeration instead of an enumerable object. - - * Enumerator#rewind - - Now calls the "rewind" method of the enclosed object if defined. - - * Enumerator#inspect - - Implemented. - - * Hash#default_proc= - - New method. - - * Hash#key - - Renamed from Hash#index. - - * Kernel#singleton_class - - New method. - - * ENV.key - - Renamed from ENV.index. - - * IO#ungetbyte - - Added as an alias to #ungetc. - - * Proc#=== - - New method primarily for use in the case-when construct. - - * Process.daemon - - New method. - - * Range#cover? - - New alias to #include? for the forward compatibility with 1.9, in - which the behavior of Range#include? has changed. - - * Regexp - - The regular expression /\s/ now properly matches a vertical tab - character (VT: "\v") and /\S/ does not. It was a bug that /\s/ - did not match VT when /[\s]/ does. It is clear that VT should - always be regarded as white space, not to mention String#strip. - - * String#getbyte - * String#setbyte - * String#ord - - New methods for the forward compatibility with 1.9, in which the - behavior of String#[] and String#[]= have changed. String#ord is - $KCODE aware. - - * Symbol#succ - * Symbol#next - * Symbol#<=> - * Symbol#casecmp - * Symbol#=~ - * Symbol#[] - * Symbol#slice - * Symbol#length - * Symbol#size - * Symbol#empty? - * Symbol#match - * Symbol#upcase - * Symbol#downcase - * Symbol#capitalize - * Symbol#swapcase - - New methods. - -* base64 - - * Base64#strict_encode64 - * Base64#strict_decode64 - * Base64#urlsafe_encode64 - * Base64#urlsafe_decode64 - - New methods. - -* dbm -* gdbm -* sdbm - - * {DBM,GDBM,SDBM}#key - - Renamed from #index. - -* digest - - * Digest::Class.base64digest - * Digest::Instance#base64digest - * Digest::Instance#base64digest! - - New methods. - -* fileutils - - * New option for FileUtils.rmdir(): :parents - -* logger - - * imported upstream version (logger/1.2.7) - * do not raise an exception even if log writing failed. - * do not raise ShiftingError if an aged file already exists. - (no ShiftingError will be raised from 1.2.7, just warn() instead) - -* matrix - - * API change to adhere strictly to mathematical definitions: - * Matrices must now be rectangular. - * trace, regular?, singular? are defined only for square matrices - * support for empty matrices - * all integer matrices now have the right determinant (also an integer) - - * Matrix and Vector include Enumerable. - - * new methods: - * Matrix.build - * Matrix.empty - * Matrix#each - * Matrix#each_with_index - * Matrix#empty? - -* open-uri - - * Added a lot of new options: - - * :ftp_active_mode => bool - - Specify false to enable FTP passive mode. It is adviced that - this option should be explicitly set for forward compatibility - because the default mode is changed in Ruby >= 1.9. - - * :read_timeout => seconds - * :proxy_http_basic_authentication => [uri, user, password] - * :redirect => bool - * :ssl_verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_* - * :ssl_ca_cert => filename - -* rational - - * Performace improved by making overall code optimization and - introducing Fixnum#gcd implemented in C. - -* rexml - - * REXML::Document.entity_expansion_limit= - - New method to set the entity expansion limit. By default the limit is - set to 10000. See the following URL for details. - - http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ - -* rss - - * 0.2.4 -> 0.2.7. - - * RSS::Maker.make - * raise an exception instead of returning nil for invalid feed making. - * requires block. - - * RSS::Maker.[] - * new method to return maker class. - - * RSS::Maker.supported?(version) - * new method to check if given version is supported. - - * RSS::Maker: item.guid.permanent_link? - * new alias of item.guid.isPermaLink - * RSS::Maker: item.guid.permanent_link= - * new alias of item.guid.isPermaLink= - -* securerandom - - SecureRandom.uuid - - New method to generate a v4 random UUID. - -* set - - Set#classify - Set#collect! - Set#delete_if - Set#divide - Set#reject! - SortedSet#delete_if - - Return an enumerator if no block is given. - -* stringio - - * StringIO#ungetbyte - - Added as an alias to #ungetc. - -=== Compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes) - -* builtin classes - - * Enumerator#rewind - - See above. - -* open-uri - - * URI::InvalidURIError is converted to OpenURI::HTTPError if an - invalid HTTP URI is given. |