Merge branch 'devel' of https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim into devel

1 files changed, 96 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
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--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -6,12 +6,41 @@ News
   2016-01-XX Version 0.13.0 released
   ==================================
 
+  Once again we are proud to announce the latest release of the Nim compiler
+  and related tools. This release comes just 3 months after the last
+  release!
+
+  A new version of Nimble which depends on this release, has also been
+  released. See `this <http://forum.nim-lang.org/t/1912>`_ forum thread for
+  more information about the Nimble release.
+
+  This release of Nim includes over 116 bug fixes, many of which are related
+  to closures. The lambda lifting algorithm in the compiler has been completely
+  rewritten, and some changes have been made to the semantics of closures in
+  Nim as a result. These changes may affect backwards compatibility and are all
+  described in the section below.
+
+  With this release, we are one step closer to Nim version 1.0.
+  The 1.0 release will be a big milestone for Nim, because after that version
+  is released there will be no more breaking changes made to the language
+  or the standard library.
+
+  That being said, the next release will likely be Nim 0.14. It will focus on
+  improvements to the GC and concurrency. We will in particular be looking at
+  ways to add multi-core support to async await. Standard library improvements
+  are also on our roadmap but may not make it for Nim 0.14.
+
+  As always you can download the latest version of Nim from the
+  `download <download.html>`_ page.
+
+  Happy coding!
+
   Changes affecting backwards compatibility
   -----------------------------------------
 
   - ``macros.newLit`` for ``bool`` now produces false/true symbols which
     actually work with the bool datatype.
-  - When compiling to JS, ``Node``, ``NodeType`` and ``Document`` are no longer
+  - When compiling to JS: ``Node``, ``NodeType`` and ``Document`` are no longer
     defined. Use the types defined in ``dom.nim`` instead.
   - The check ``x is iterator`` (used for instance in concepts) was always a
     weird special case (you could not use ``x is proc``) and was removed from
@@ -30,7 +59,7 @@ News
 
   The parser now considers leading whitespace in front of operators
   to determine if an operator is used in prefix or infix position.
-  This means that finally ``echo $foo`` is parsed as people expect
+  This means that finally ``echo $foo`` is parsed as people expect,
   which is as ``echo($foo)``. It used to be parsed as ``(echo) $ (foo)``.
 
   ``echo $ foo`` continues to be parsed as ``(echo) $ (foo)``.
@@ -39,11 +68,10 @@ News
   code like ``0..kArraySize div 2 -1`` needs to be changed to
   ``0..kArraySize div 2 - 1``.
 
-  This release also adds multi-line comments to Nim. They look
-  like ``#[ comment here ]#``. For more details read the section of
+  This release also adds multi-line comments to Nim. The syntax for them is:
+  ``#[ comment here ]#``. For more details read the section of
   the `manual <manual#multiline-comments>`_.
 
-
   Iterator changes
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -76,6 +104,7 @@ News
         s.add(proc(): string = return ii*ii))
 
   This behaviour has changed in 0.13.0 and now needs to be written as:
+
   .. code-block:: nim
 
     proc outer =
@@ -92,6 +121,68 @@ News
   2. Is easier to implement and we are at a point in Nim's development process where simple+stable wins over perfect-in-theory+unstable-in-practice.
   3. Implies programmers are more in control of where memory is allocated which is benefitical for a systems programming language.
 
+  Bugfixes
+  --------
+
+  The list below has been generated based on the commits in Nim's git
+  repository. As such it lists only the issues which have been closed
+  via a commit, for a full list see
+  `this link on Github <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A%222015-10-27+..+2016-01-19%22+>`_.
+
+  - Fixed "Generic arguments cannot be used in templates (raising undeclared identifier)"
+    (`#3498 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3498>`_)
+  - Fixed "multimethods: Error: internal error: cgmeth.genConv"
+    (`#3550 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3550>`_)
+  - Fixed "multimethods: Error: internal error: cgmeth.genConv"
+    (`#3550 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3550>`_)
+  - Fixed "nimscript - SIGSEGV in except block"
+    (`#3546 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3546>`_)
+  - Fixed "Bool literals in macros do not work."
+    (`#3541 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3541>`_)
+  - Fixed "Docs: nativesocket.html - 404"
+    (`#3582 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3582>`_)
+  - Fixed ""not nil" return types never trigger an error or warning"
+    (`#2285 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2285>`_)
+  - Fixed "No warning or error is raised even if not nil is specified "
+    (`#3222 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3222>`_)
+  - Fixed "Incorrect fsmonitor add() filter logic"
+    (`#3611 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3611>`_)
+  - Fixed ""nimble install nimsuggest" failed"
+    (`#3622 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3622>`_)
+  - Fixed "compile time `excl ` cause SIGSEGV"
+    (`#3639 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3639>`_)
+  - Fixed "Unable to echo unsigned ints at compile-time"
+    (`#2514 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2514>`_)
+  - Fixed "Nested closure iterator produces internal error"
+    (`#1725 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/1725>`_)
+  - Fixed "C Error on walkDirRec closure"
+    (`#3636 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3636>`_)
+  - Fixed "Error in generated c code"
+    (`#3201 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3201>`_)
+  - Fixed "C Compile-time error with generic proc type."
+    (`#2659 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2659>`_)
+  - Fixed "ICE dereferencing array pointer"
+    (`#2240 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2240>`_)
+  - Fixed "Lambda lifting crash"
+    (`#2007 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2007>`_)
+  - Fixed "Can't reference outer variables from a closure in an iterator"
+    (`#2604 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2604>`_)
+  - Fixed "M&S collector breaks with nested for loops."
+    (`#603 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/603>`_)
+  - Fixed "Regression: bad C codegen"
+    (`#3723 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3723>`_)
+  - Fixed "JS backend - handle bool type in case statement"
+    (`#3722 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3722>`_)
+  - Fixed "linenoise compilation with cpp"
+    (`#3720 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3720>`_)
+  - Fixed "(???,???) duplicate case label"
+    (`#3665 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3665>`_)
+  - Fixed "linenoise compilation with cpp"
+    (`#3720 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3720>`_)
+  - Fixed "Update list of backward incompatibilities for Nim 0.12.0 in the main site"
+    (`#3689 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3689>`_)
+  - Fixed "Can't compile nimble with latest devel - codegen bug"
+    (`#3730 <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/3730>`_)
 
 2015-10-27 Version 0.12.0 released
 ==================================