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diff --git a/doc/NEWS/NEWS-1.9.2 b/doc/NEWS/NEWS-1.9.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..430c6cc4f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/NEWS/NEWS-1.9.2 @@ -0,0 +1,509 @@ +# -*- rdoc -*- += NEWS for Ruby 1.9.2 + +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 1.9.1 release +=== Library updates (outstanding ones only) + +* builtin classes + + * Array + * new methods: + * Array#keep_if + * Array#repeated_combination + * Array#repeated_permutation + * Array#rotate + * Array#rotate! + * Array#select! + * Array#sort_by! + + * extended method: + * Array#{uniq,uniq!,product} can take a block. + + * Complex + * new method: + * Complex#rationalize + + * Dir + * new method: + * Dir.home + + * Encoding + * new encodings: + * Big5 + * Big5-UAO + * ISO-2022-JP-KDDI + * SJIS-DoCoMo + * SJIS-KDDI + * SJIS-SoftBank + * UTF8-DoCoMo + * UTF8-KDDI + * UTF8-SoftBank + + * new method: + * ascii_compatible? + + * Enumerable + * new methods: + * Enumerable#chunk + * Enumerable#collect_concat + * Enumerable#each_entry + * Enumerable#flat_map + * Enumerable#slice_before + + * Enumerator + * new methods: + * Enumerator#peek + * Enumerator#next_values + * Enumerator#peek_values + * Enumerator#feed + * StopIteration#result + + * extended method: + * #with_index accepts an optional argument that specifies the + index number to start with, defaulted to 0. + + * incompatible changes: + * #rewind now calls the "rewind" method of the enclosed object + if defined. + * #next doesn't clear the position at end. + + * ENV + * Uses locale's encoding + * ENV.[]= raises Errno::{EINVAL,ENOMEM} etc. on failure. + * new methods: + * ENV.keep_if + * ENV.select! + + * Float + * new constants: + * Float::INFINITY + * Float::NAN + * new method: + * Float#rationalize + + * File + * new methods: + * File.realpath + * File.realdirpath + + * GC::Profiler + * new method: + * GC::Profiler.total_time + + * Hash + * new methods: + * Hash#keep_if + * Hash#select! + + * IO + * new methods: + * IO#autoclose= + * IO#autoclose? + * IO#fdatasync + * IO#codepoints + * IO#each_codepoint + + * extended method: + * IO.pipe can take a block. + + * new modules: + * IO::WaitReadable + * IO::WaitWritable + They are used to extend non-blocking exceptions. + + * Integer + * new method: + * Integer#rationalize + + * Kernel + * new methods: + * Kernel#respond_to_missing? + * Kernel#singleton_class + * Kernel#require_relative + + * extended method: + * Kernel#respond_to? can be used to detect methods not implemented. + For example, Process.respond_to?(:fork) returns false on Windows. + + * incompatible changes: + * Kernel#instance_eval yields the receiver. + + * Kernel#exec + * Kernel#spawn + * Kernel#system + * Kernel#` (`...`) + ..etc. + + On Windows, the current directory is no longer implicitly + prepended to the default command search path, just like other + platforms. + + * MatchData + * new method: + * MatchData#== + + * Method + * new method: + * Method#parameters + + * NilClass + * new method: + * NilClass#rationalize + + * Object + * extended methods: + * Float() supports hexadecimal floating point format. + * printf() supports %a/%A format. + + * Proc + * new method: + * Proc#parameters + * extended method: + * Proc#source_location returns location even if receiver is a method + defined by attr_reader / attr_writer / attr_accessor. + + * Process + * extended method: + * Process.spawn accepts [:child, FD] for a redirect target. + + * Random (new class to generate pseudo-random numbers) + + * Rational + * new method: + * Rational#rationalize + + * String + * extended methods: + * string[regexp, name] is supported for named capture. + + * Thread + * new methods: + * Thread#add_trace_func + * Thread#set_trace_func + + * Time + * extended features: + * time_t restriction is removed to represent before 1901 and after 2038. + Proleptic Gregorian calendar is used for old dates. + * Time.new have optional arguments to specify date with time offset. + * Time#getlocal, Time#localtime have optional time offset argument. + + * new methods: + * Time#to_r + * Time#subsec + * Time#round + + * incompatible change: + * The year argument of Time.{utc,gm,local,mktime} is now interpreted as + the value itself. For example, Time.utc(99) means the year 99 AD, + not 1999 AD. + + * UnboundMethod + * new method: + * UnboundMethod#parameters + + +* digest + * new methods: + * Digest::Class.base64digest + * Digest::Instance#base64digest + * Digest::Instance#base64digest! + + * Digest::HMAC (digest/hmac) has been marked as deprecated because + it was unintentional for the experimental library to be included + in the final release of 1.9.1. Please use OpenSSL::HMAC instead. + +* rss + + * 0.2.4 -> 0.2.7. + + * RSS::Maker.make + * raise an exception not returns nil for invalid feed making. + * requires block. + + * RSS::Maker.[] + * new method to return maker class. + + * RSS::Maker.supported?(version) + * new method to check whether 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= + +* DL + * Now uses libffi as a backend if available. + It means DL works fine on more platforms. + +* Fiddle + * A lightweight wrapper for libffi. + +* YAML + * Now uses libyaml as a backend if available. + It means YAML library supports new standards for YAML. + +* Psych + * A wrapper for libyaml. + +* JSON + * Update to JSON 1.1.9 + +* 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. + + https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ + +* RDoc + + * Updated to RDoc 2.5.8 + +* RubyGems + + * Updated to RubyGems 1.3.7 + +* 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#conj + * Matrix#conjugate + * Matrix#each + * Matrix#each_with_index + * Matrix#empty? + * Matrix#imag + * Matrix#imaginary + * Matrix#real + * Matrix#real? + * Matrix#rect + * Matrix#rectangular + +* net/http + * merged net/https. + +* open3 + * new methods: + * Open3.popen2 + * Open3.popen2e + * Open3.capture3 + * Open3.capture2 + * Open3.capture2e + * Open3.pipeline_rw + * Open3.pipeline_r + * Open3.pipeline_w + * Open3.pipeline_start + * Open3.pipeline + +* pty + * new methods: + * PTY.open + * PTY.check + * deprecated methods: + * protect_signal + * reset_signal + +* openssl + * new methods: + * OpenSSL::Buffering#read_nonblock + * OpenSSL::Buffering#write_nonblock + * OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#connect_nonblock + * OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#accept_nonblock + +* scanf + * support %a/%A format. + + +* socket + + * incompatible changes: + * Socket#{recvfrom,recvfrom_nonblock,accept,accept_nonblock,sysaccept} + returns a sender address as Addrinfo object instead of a binary sockaddr string. + Addrinfo#to_s returns the old binary sockaddr string. + * BasicSocket#getsockopt returns Socket::Option object instead of a binary string. + Socket::Option#to_s returns the old binary string. + * Socket.do_not_reverse_lookup is turned on by default now. + + * new class: + * Addrinfo + * Socket::Option + * Socket::AncillaryData + + * new methods: + * Socket.ip_address_list + * Socket.tcp + * Socket.tcp_server_loop + * Socket.tcp_server_sockets + * Socket.udp_server_sockets + * Socket.udp_server_loop_on + * Socket.udp_server_loop + * Socket.unix + * Socket.unix_server_loop + * Socket.unix_server_socket + * Socket.accept_loop + * Socket#ipv6only! + * BasicSocket#local_address + * BasicSocket#remote_address + * BasicSocket#connect_address + * BasicSocket#sendmsg + * BasicSocket#sendmsg_nonblock + * BasicSocket#recvmsg + * BasicSocket#recvmsg_nonblock + * BasicSocket#getpeereid + + * extended methods: + * Socket.new's 3rd argument is optional now. + * Socket.pair's 3rd argument is optional now. + * Socket.pair and UNIXSocket.pair can take a block. + * BasicSocket#send, UDPSocket#send, Socket.getnameinfo, Socket#bind, and + Socket#{connect,connect_nonblock} accepts an Addrinfo object as sockaddr. + * BasicSocket#getsockopt accepts a Socket::Option object. + * Socket.getaddrinfo and IPSocket#{addr,peeraddr} accept an optional + argument to turn reverse lookup on/off. + + * constant names can be accepted as well as constant values. + i.e. Socket.new(:PF_INET, :SOCK_STREAM, 0) + The constant names can be specified without the prefix. + i.e. Socket.new(:INET, :STREAM, 0) + * protocol/address family + * socket type + * socket option protocol level + * socket option name + * shutdown's argument + +* stringio + * new methods: + * StringIO#read_nonblock + * StringIO#write_nonblock +* pathname + * new methods: + * Pathname#binread + * Pathname#realdirpath + * Pathname#each_child + + * extended methods: + * Pathname#realpath and Pathname#realdirpath takes optional basedir + argument. + +* Readline + * new methods: + * Readline.set_screen_size + * Readline.get_screen_size + + * extended methods: + * Readline.completion_proc= accepts nil. + nil means to use default completion proc. + +* set + * new methods: + * Set#keep_if + * Set#select! + +* time + * incompatible changes: + * Time.parse raises ArgumentError when no date information. + +* thread + * extended method: + * ConditionVariable#wait takes timeout argument. + +* securerandom + * new methods: + * SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64 + +* URI + * new methods: + * URI.encode_www_form + * URI.decode_www_form + * URI.encode_www_form_component + * URI.decode_www_form_component + * Obsoleted methods: + * URI.decode + * URI.encode + * URI.escape + * URI.unescape + +* etc + * new methods: + * Etc::Passwd.each + * Etc::Group.each + +* zlib + * new methods: + * Zlib::GzipFile#path + * Zlib.#adler32_combine + * Zlib.#crc32_combine + +* rbconfig + * new methods: + * RbConfig.ruby + +=== Language changes + +* Regexp properties (\p{}) names now ignore underscores, spaces, and case, so + \p{ol chiki} is the same as \p{Ol_Chiki} +* Regexps now support Unicode 5.2 (new characters and scripts) +* \d, \s, and \w are now ASCII only; use POSIX bracket classes and \p{} for + Unicode semantics +* $: no longer includes the current directory, use require_relative +* Symbol with an invalid encoding is forbidden to exist. + +=== Compilation options + +* --program-prefix and --program-suffix no longer act on the shared object + names nor paths to libraries. + + use --with-rubylibprefix='${libruby}/${RUBY_INSTALL_NAME}' and + --with-soname='${RUBY_INSTALL_NAME}' for the same result as Ruby 1.9.1. + +* --with-arch is added for universal binary, instead of + --enable-fat-binary option. + +=== Compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes) + + * Enumerator#rewind + * Socket#recvfrom + * Socket#recvfrom_nonblock + * Socket#accept + * Socket#accept_nonblock + * Socket#sysaccept + * BasicSocket#getsockopt + * Time.utc + * Time.gm + * Time.local + * Time.mktime + * Time.parse + * --program-prefix and --program-suffix + * --enable-fat-binary + * $: + + See above. + + * Digest::HMAC + + Deprecated. See above. |