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diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md index 47642cab5..9382a194f 100644 --- a/changelog.md +++ b/changelog.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -## v0.20.0 - XX/XX/2018 +## v0.20.0 - XX/XX/2019 + ### Changes affecting backwards compatibility @@ -23,13 +24,21 @@ - The undocumented ``#? strongSpaces`` parsing mode has been removed. - The `not` operator is now always a unary operator, this means that code like ``assert not isFalse(3)`` compiles. +- `getImpl` on a `var` or `let` symbol will now return the full `IdentDefs` + tree from the symbol declaration instead of just the initializer portion. #### Breaking changes in the standard library - `osproc.execProcess` now also takes a `workingDir` parameter. -- `options.UnpackError` is no longer a ref type and inherits from `System.Defect` instead of `System.ValueError`. +- `options.UnpackError` is no longer a ref type and inherits from `system.Defect` instead of `system.ValueError`. + +- `system.ValueError` now inherits from `system.CatchableError` instead of `system.Defect`. + +- The procs `parseutils.parseBiggsetInt`, `parseutils.parseInt`, `parseutils.parseBiggestUInt` and `parseutils.parseUInt` now raise a `ValueError` when the parsed integer is outside of the valid range. Previously they sometimes raised a `OverflowError` and sometimes returned `0`. + +- `streams.StreamObject` now restricts its fields to only raise `system.Defect`, `system.IOError` and `system.OSError`. This change only affects custom stream implementations. - nre's `RegexMatch.{captureBounds,captures}[]` no longer return `Option` or `nil`/`""`, respectivly. Use the newly added `n in p.captures` method to @@ -52,6 +61,16 @@ - splitFile now correctly handles edge cases, see #10047 +- `isNil` is no longer false for undefined in the JavaScript backend: now it's true for both nil and undefined. Use `isNull` or `isUndefined` if you need exact equallity: `isNil` is consistent with `===`, `isNull` and `isUndefined` with `==`. + +- several deprecated modules were removed: `ssl`, `matchers`, `httpserver`, + `unsigned`, `actors`, `parseurl` + +- two poorly documented and not used modules (`subexes`, `scgi`) were moved to + graveyard (they are available as Nimble packages) + + + #### Breaking changes in the compiler - The compiler now implements the "generic symbol prepass" for `when` statements @@ -92,13 +111,20 @@ proc enumToString*(enums: openArray[enum]): string = is instantiation of generic proc symbol. - Added the parameter ``isSorted`` for the ``sequtils.deduplicate`` proc. + - There is a new stdlib module `std/diff` to compute the famous "diff" of two texts by line. - Added `os.relativePath`. + - Added `parseopt.remainingArgs`. + - Added `os.getCurrentCompilerExe` (implmented as `getAppFilename` at CT), - can be used to retrive the currently executing compiler. + can be used to retrieve the currently executing compiler. + +- Added `xmltree.toXmlAttributes`. + +- Added `Rusage`, `getrusage`, `wait4` to posix interface. ### Library changes @@ -123,16 +149,20 @@ proc enumToString*(enums: openArray[enum]): string = - `os.joinPath` and `os.normalizePath` handle edge cases like ``"a/b/../../.."`` differently. +- `securehash` is moved to `lib/deprecated` + ### Language additions -- Vm suport for float32<->int32 and float64<->int64 casts was added. +- Vm support for float32<->int32 and float64<->int64 casts was added. - There is a new pragma block `noSideEffect` that works like the `gcsafe` pragma block. - added os.getCurrentProcessId() - User defined pragmas are now allowed in the pragma blocks -- Pragma blocks are now longer eliminated from the typed AST tree to preserve +- Pragma blocks are no longer eliminated from the typed AST tree to preserve pragmas for further analysis by macros +- Custom pragmas are now supported for `var` and `let` symbols. + ### Language changes @@ -141,10 +171,10 @@ proc enumToString*(enums: openArray[enum]): string = it's more recognizable and allows tools like github to recognize it as Nim, see [#9647](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/9647). The previous extension will continue to work. -- Pragma syntax is now consistent. Previous syntax where type pragmas did not +- Pragma syntax is now consistent. Previous syntax where type pragmas did not follow the type name is now deprecated. Also pragma before generic parameter list is deprecated to be consistent with how pragmas are used with a proc. See - [#8514](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/8514) and + [#8514](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/8514) and [#1872](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/1872) for further details. @@ -152,8 +182,12 @@ proc enumToString*(enums: openArray[enum]): string = - `jsondoc` now include a `moduleDescription` field with the module description. `jsondoc0` shows comments as it's own objects as shown in the documentation. +- `nimpretty`: --backup now defaults to `off` instead of `on` and the flag was + un-documented; use `git` instead of relying on backup files. + ### Compiler changes - The deprecated `fmod` proc is now unavailable on the VM'. + ### Bugfixes |