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diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index fa1c532e8..a3019df51 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -2,6 +2,26 @@ News ==== +.. + 2014-06-29 Version 0.9.6 released + ================================= + + Changes affecting backwards compatibility + ----------------------------------------- + + - ``spawn`` now uses an elaborate self-adapting thread pool and as such + has been moved into its own module. So to use it, you now have to import + ``threadpool``. + - The symbol binding rules in generics changed: ``bar`` in ``foo.bar`` is + now considered for implicit early binding. + + + Library Additions + ----------------- + + - Added module ``cpuinfo``. + - Added module ``threadpool``. + - ``sequtils.distnct`` has been renamed to ``sequtils.deduplicate``. 2014-04-21 Version 0.9.4 released @@ -9,13 +29,15 @@ News The Nimrod development community is proud to announce the release of version 0.9.4 of the Nimrod compiler and tools. **Note: This release has to be -considered beta quality! Lots of new features have been implemented but most -do not fullfill our quality standards.** +considered beta quality! Lots of new features have been implemented but +unfortunately some do not fullfill our quality standards yet.** -This release can be downloaded from `github <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod>`_. -Prebuilt binaries will be available soon. +Prebuilt binaries and instructions for building from source are available +on the `download page <download.html>`_. -This release includes about 1300 changes in total including various bug +This release includes about +`1400 changes <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.4>`_ +in total including various bug fixes, new languages features and standard library additions and improvements. This release brings with it support for user-defined type classes, a brand new VM for executing Nimrod code at compile-time and new symbol binding @@ -79,6 +101,8 @@ syntax: var s = @[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] echo(s.map((x: int) => x * 5)) +A list of changes follows, for a comprehensive list of changes take a look +`here <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.4>`_. Library Additions ----------------- @@ -93,7 +117,7 @@ Library Additions - Added module ``selectors``. - Added module ``asynchttpserver``. - Added support for the new asynchronous IO in the ``httpclient`` module. -- Added a Python-inspired ``future`` module that feature upcoming additions +- Added a Python-inspired ``future`` module that features upcoming additions to the ``system`` module. |