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+# -*- rdoc -*-
+
+= NEWS for Ruby 2.3.0
+
+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 or Redmine
+(e.g. <tt>https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/$FEATURE_OR_BUG_NUMBER</tt>)
+
+== Changes since the 2.2.0 release
+
+=== Language changes
+
+* frozen-string-literal pragma:
+
+  * new pragma, frozen-string-literal has been experimentally introduced. [Feature #8976]
+  * besides, --enable/--disable=frozen-string-literal options also have
+    been introduced. [Feature #8976]
+  * command line options --debug or --debug=frozen-string-literal enable
+    additional debugging mode which shows created location with at frozen
+    object error (RuntimeError). [Feature #11725]
+
+* safe navigation operator:
+
+  * new method call syntax, `object&.foo', method #foo is called on
+    `object' if it is not nil. [Feature #11537]
+
+    This is similar to `try!' in Active Support, except:
+    * method name is syntactically required
+          obj.try! {} # valid
+          obj&. {}    # syntax error
+    * arguments are evaluated only if a call is made:
+          obj.try!(:foo, bar())  # bar() is always evaluated
+          obj&.foo(bar())        # bar() is conditionally evaluated
+    * attribute assignment is valid
+          obj&.attr += 1
+
+* the did_you_mean gem:
+
+  * When a NameError or NoMethodError occurs because of a typo in the name,
+    the did_you_mean gem automatically suggests other names similar to the
+    method name.
+
+      "Yuki".starts_with?("Y")
+      # => NoMethodError: undefined method `starts_with?' for "Yuki":String
+      #    Did you mean?  start_with?
+
+* indented here document:
+
+  * new string literal, here document starts with `<<~`.
+    refer doc/syntax/literals.rdoc for more details. [Feature #9098]
+
+=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)
+
+* ARGF
+
+  * ARGF.read_nonblock supports `exception: false' like IO#read_nonblock. [Feature #11358]
+
+* Array
+
+  * Array#bsearch_index [Feature #10730]
+  * Array#dig [Feature #11643]
+
+* Comparable
+
+  * Comparable#== no longer rescues exceptions [Feature #7688]
+
+* Encoding
+
+  * new Encoding::IBM037 (alias ebcdic-cp-us; dummy)
+
+* Enumerable
+
+  * Enumerable#grep_v is added as inverse version of Enumerable#grep. [Feature #11049]
+  * Enumerable#chunk_while [Feature #10769]
+
+* Enumerator::Lazy
+
+  * Enumerator::Lazy#grep_v [Feature #11773]
+
+* File
+
+  * File.mkfifo [Feature #11536]
+  * Add File::TMPFILE corresponding to O_TMPFILE
+
+* Hash
+
+  * Hash#fetch_values [Feature #10017]
+  * Hash#dig [Feature #11643]
+  * Hash#<=, Hash#<, Hash#>=, Hash#> [Feature #10984]
+  * Hash#to_proc [Feature #11653]
+
+* IO
+
+  * new mode flag File::SHARE_DELETE is available.
+    this flag means to permit deleting opened file on Windows, but currently
+    this affect only files opened as binary.  [Feature #11218]
+
+  * new option parameter `flags' is added.
+    this parameter is bitwise-ORed to oflags generated by normal mode argument. [Feature #11253]
+
+  * IO#advise no longer raises Errno::ENOSYS in cases where it was
+    detected at build time but not available at runtime.  [Feature #11806]
+
+* Kernel
+
+  * Kernel#loop, when stopped by a StopIteration exception, returns
+    what the enumerator has returned instead of nil. [Feature #11498]
+
+* Module
+  * Module#deprecate_constant [Feature #11398]
+
+* NameError
+  * NameError#receiver is added to take the receiver object. [Feature #10881]
+
+* Numeric
+
+  * Numeric#positive? and Numeric#negative? are added, which return
+    true when the receiver is positive and negative respectively. [Feature #11151]
+
+* Proc
+
+  * Proc#call (and also #[], #===, #yield) are optimized.
+    Backtrace doesn't show each method (show block lines directly).
+    TracePoint also ignores these calls. [Feature #11569]
+
+* Queue (Thread::Queue)
+
+  * Queue#close is added to notice a termination. [Feature #10600]
+
+* Regexp/String: Updated Unicode version from 7.0.0 to 8.0.0
+
+* RubyVM::InstructionSequence
+  * add the following methods as a primitive tool of iseq loader.
+    See sample/iseq_loader.rb for usage.
+    Note that loader does not have verifier so it is easy to cause
+    critical problem by loading modified/broken binary data.
+    See [Feature #11788] for more details. (experimental feature)
+    * RubyVM::InstructionSequence#to_binary(extra_data = nil)
+    * RubyVM::InstructionSequence.load_from_binary(binary)
+    * RubyVM::InstructionSequence.load_from_binary_extra_data(binary)
+
+* String
+
+  * String#+@ and String#-@ are added to get mutable/frozen strings. [Feature #11782]
+
+  * String.new now accepts new option parameter `encoding'. [Feature #11785]
+
+* Struct
+  * Struct#dig [Feature #11688]
+
+* Thread
+  * Thread#name, Thread#name= are added to handle thread names [Feature #11251]
+
+=== Core classes compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
+
+* Array
+  * Array#select!, Array#keep_if, Array#reject!, and Array#delete_if
+    no longer changes the receiver array instantly every time the
+    block is called.  [Feature #10714]
+
+  * Array#flatten and Array#flatten! no longer try to call #to_ary
+    method on elements beyond the given level.  [Bug #10748]
+
+  * Array#inspect doesn't raise error even if its content returns
+    a string which is not compatible with Encoding.default_external
+    as inspected result. [Feature #11801]
+
+* Enumerable
+  * Enumerable#chunk and Enumerable#slice_before no longer takes the
+    initial_state argument.  [Feature #10958]
+    Use a local variable instead to maintain a state.
+
+* File::Stat
+  * On Windows File::Stat#ino always returned 0, but now returns
+    BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION.nFileIndexHigh/Low.  [Feature #11216]
+
+* Hash
+  * Hash#inspect doesn't raise error even if its content returns
+    a string which is not compatible with Encoding.default_external
+    as inspected result. [Feature #11801]
+
+* IO
+  * IO#close doesn't raise when the IO object is closed.  [Feature #10718]
+  * IO#each_codepoint raises an exception at incomplete character
+    before EOF when conversion takes place.  [Bug #11444]
+
+* Module
+  * Module#define_method and Object.define_singleton_method now
+    require method body, Proc, Method, or a block, and raise
+    ArgumentError if no block is given directly.  [Bug #11283]
+
+* pack/unpack (Array/String)
+  * j and J directives for pointer width integer type.  [Feature #11215]
+
+
+=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)
+
+* Logger
+
+  * Logger#level= now supports symbol and string levels such as :debug, :info,
+    :warn, :error, :fatal (case insensitive) [Feature #11695]
+  * Logger#reopen is added to reopen a log device. [Feature #11696]
+
+* io/wait
+  * IO#wait_readable no longer checks FIONREAD, it may be used for
+    non-bytestream IO such as listen sockets.
+
+* Net::FTP
+  * Net::FTP#mlst is added.
+  * Net::FTP#mlsd is added.
+
+* nkf
+  * Merge nkf 2.1.4.
+
+* ObjectSpace (objspace)
+  * ObjectSpace.count_symbols is added.
+  * ObjectSpace.count_imemo_objects is added.
+  * ObjectSpace.internal_class_of is added.
+  * ObjectSpace.internal_super_of is added.
+
+* OpenSSL
+  * OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#accept_nonblock and
+    OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#connect_nonblock supports `exception: false`. [Feature #10532]
+
+* Pathname
+  * Pathname#descend and Pathname#ascend supported blockless form. [Feature #11052]
+
+* Socket
+  * Socket#connect_nonblock, Socket#accept_nonblock,
+    TCPServer#accept_nonblock, UNIXServer#accept_nonblock,
+    BasicSocket#recv_nonblock, BasicSocket#recvmsg_nonblock,
+    BasicSocket#sendmsg_nonblock all support `exception: false` to return
+    :wait_readable or :wait_writable symbols instead of raising
+    IO::WaitReadable or IO::WaitWritable exceptions [Feature #10532] [Feature #11229]
+  * BasicSocket#recv and BasicSocket#recv_nonblock allow an output
+    String buffer argument like IO#read and IO#read_nonblock to reduce
+    GC overhead [Feature #11242]
+
+* StringIO
+  * In read-only mode, StringIO#set_encoding no longer sets the encoding
+    of its buffer string.  Setting the encoding of the string directly
+    without StringIO#set_encoding may cause unpredictable behavior now. [Bug #11827]
+
+* timeout
+  * Object#timeout is now warned as deprecated when called.
+
+=== Stdlib compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
+
+* ext/coverage/coverage.c
+  * Coverage.peek_result: new method to allow coverage to be captured without
+    stopping the coverage tool.  [Feature #10816]
+
+* Fiddle
+  * Fiddle::Function#call releases the GVL.  [Feature #11607]
+
+* io-console
+  * Update to io-console 0.4.5, and change the license to BSD 2-clause
+    "Simplified" License.
+
+* lib/base64.rb
+  * Base64.urlsafe_encode64: added a "padding" option to suppress
+    the padding character ("=").  [Feature #10740]
+  * Base64.urlsafe_decode64: now it accepts not only correctly-padded
+    input but also unpadded input.  [Feature #10740]
+
+* lib/drb/drb.rb
+  * removed unused argument. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/515
+
+* lib/matrix.rb
+  * Add Vector#round. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/802
+
+* lib/webrick/utils.rb
+  * removed unused argument. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/356
+
+* Net::FTP
+  * Connections are in passive mode per default now.  The default mode can
+    be changed by Net::FTP.default_passive=.  [Feature #11612]
+
+* Net::HTTP
+  * default value of Net::HTTP#open_timeout is now 60 (was nil).
+
+* Net::Telnet
+  * Net::Telnet is extracted to net-telnet gem. It's unmaintain code. [Feature #11083]
+
+* Psych
+  * Updated to Psych 2.0.17
+
+* Rake
+  * Rake is removed from stdlib.  [Feature #11025]
+
+* RDoc
+  * Updated to RDoc 4.2.1.  For full release notes see:
+
+    https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/blob/master/History.rdoc#421--2015-12-22
+
+* RubyGems
+  * Updated to RubyGems 2.5.1.  For full release notes see:
+
+    http://docs.seattlerb.org/rubygems/History_txt.html#label-2.5.0+-2F+2015-11-03
+    and
+    http://docs.seattlerb.org/rubygems/History_txt.html#label-2.5.1+-2F+2015-12-10
+
+=== Built-in global variables compatibility issues
+
+* $SAFE
+  * $SAFE=2 and $SAFE=3 are obsolete.  If $SAFE is set to 2 or larger,
+    an ArgumentError is raised.  [Feature #5455]
+
+=== C API updates
+
+* rb_define_class_id_under() now raises a TypeError exception when the
+  class is already defined but its superclass does not match the given
+  superclass, as well as definitions in ruby level.
+
+* rb_timespec_now() is added to fetch current datetime as struct timespec. [Feature #11558]
+
+* rb_time_timespec_new() is added to create a time object with epoch,
+  nanosecond, and UTC/localtime/time offset arguments.  [Feature #11558]
+
+* rb_autoload() deprecated, use rb_funcall() instead.  [Feature #11664]
+
+* rb_compile_error_with_enc(), rb_compile_error(), and rb_compile_bug()
+  deprecated.  these functions are exposed but only for internal use.
+  external libraries should not use them.
+
+=== Supported platform changes
+
+* OS/2 is no longer supported
+
+* BeOS is no longer supported
+
+* Borland-C is no longer supported
+
+* Haiku now stable and best effort
+
+=== Implementation improvements
+
+* Optimize Proc#call to eliminate method frame construction. [Feature #11569]
+
+* Reconsidering method entry data structure. [Bug #11278]
+
+* Introducing new table data structure for ID keys tables used by
+  method table and so on. New table structure is simple and fast
+  than st_table. [Feature #11420]
+
+* Machine code level tuning for object allocation and method calling
+  code. r52099, r52254
+
+* RubyVM::InstructionSequence is extended for future improvement. [Feature #11788]
+
+* Case dispatch is now optimized for all special constant literals
+  including nil, true, and false.  Previously, only literal strings,
+  symbols, integers and floats compiled to optimized case dispatch. [Feature #11769]
+
+* Instance variables on non-pure Ruby classes (T_DATA, T_FILE,
+  etc..) is less expensive to store than before. [Feature #11170]
+
+* All accesses to members of big Struct objects are performed in
+  constant-time.  Previously, Struct elements beyond the first 10
+  elements used a linear scan. [Feature #10585]
+
+* The Set class got several speed up. [Misc #10754], [r52591]
+
+* Socket and I/O-related improvements
+
+  * Calling overhead of most of new keyword-using I/O methods in
+    [Feature #11229] is reduced by avoiding the inefficient C API
+    to parse keywords.  [Feature #11339]
+
+  * The standard library is updated to use the improved
+    exception-free non-blocking I/O from [Feature #11229].
+    This has the additional benefit of quieter $DEBUG output in
+    addition to reducing expensive exceptions. [Feature #11044]
+
+  * (Linux-only) waiting on a single FD anywhere in the stdlib no longer
+    uses select(2), making it immune to slowdowns with high-numbered
+    FDs. [Feature #11081] [Feature #11377]
+
+* CGI.escapeHTML is optimized with C extension.
+  https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/1164