# -*- rd -*-
= 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 1.9.2 release
=== Library updates (outstanding ones only)

* builtin classes

  * Kernel

    * Kernel#respond_to? now returns false for protected methods.

  * Float
    * new constants:
      * File::NULL
        name of NULL device.

  * String
    * new methods:
      * String#prepend

  * Time
    * extended methods:
      * Time#strftime supports %:z and %::z.

* io/console
  * new methods:
    * IO#noecho {|io| }
    * IO#echo=
    * IO#echo?
    * IO#raw {|io| }
    * IO#raw!
    * IO#getch
    * IO#winsize
    * IO.console

=== Compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)

* Kernel#respond_to?

  See above.