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diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index 62a923dcd..3d962172f 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -2,33 +2,68 @@ 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. - - ``c2nim`` moved into its own repository and is now a Babel package. - - ``pas2nim`` moved into its own repository and is now a Babel package. - - ``system.$`` for floating point types now produces a human friendly string - representation. - - ``uri.TUrl`` as well as the ``parseurl`` module are now deprecated in favour - of the new ``TUri`` type in the ``uri`` module. - - Library Additions - ----------------- - - - Added module ``cpuinfo``. - - Added module ``threadpool``. - - ``sequtils.distnct`` has been renamed to ``sequtils.deduplicate``. - - Added ``algorithm.reversed`` - - Added ``uri.combine`` and ``uri.parseUri``. +2014-10-19 Nimrod version 0.9.6 released +======================================== + +**Note: 0.9.6 is the last release of Nimrod. The language is being renamed to +Nim. Nim slightly breaks compatibility.** + +This is a maintenance release. The upcoming 0.10.0 release has +the new features and exciting developments. + + +Changes affecting backwards compatibility +----------------------------------------- + +- ``spawn`` now uses an elaborate self-adapting thread pool and as such + has been moved into its own module. So to use it, you now have to import + ``threadpool``. +- The symbol binding rules in generics changed: ``bar`` in ``foo.bar`` is + now considered for implicit early binding. +- ``c2nim`` moved into its own repository and is now a Babel package. +- ``pas2nim`` moved into its own repository and is now a Babel package. +- ``system.$`` for floating point types now produces a human friendly string + representation. +- ``uri.TUrl`` as well as the ``parseurl`` module are now deprecated in favour + of the new ``TUri`` type in the ``uri`` module. +- The ``destructor`` pragma has been deprecated. Use the ``override`` pragma + instead. The destructor's name has to be ``destroy`` now. +- ``lambda`` is not a keyword anymore. +- **system.defined has been split into system.defined and system.declared**. + You have to use ``--symbol`` to declare new conditional symbols that can be + set via ``--define``. +- ``--threadanalysis:on`` is now the default. To make your program compile + you can disable it but this is only a temporary solution as this option + will disappear soon! + + +Compiler improvements +--------------------- + +- Multi method dispatching performance has been improved by a factor of 10x for + pathological cases. + + +Language Additions +------------------ + +- This version introduces the ``deprecated`` pragma statement that is used + to handle the upcoming massive amount of symbol renames. +- ``spawn`` can now wrap proc that has a return value. It then returns a data + flow variable of the wrapped return type. + + +Library Additions +----------------- + +- Added module ``cpuinfo``. +- Added module ``threadpool``. +- ``sequtils.distnct`` has been renamed to ``sequtils.deduplicate``. +- Added ``algorithm.reversed`` +- Added ``uri.combine`` and ``uri.parseUri``. +- Some sockets procedures now support a ``SafeDisconn`` flag which causes + them to handle disconnection errors and not raise them. + 2014-04-21 Version 0.9.4 released ================================= |