# v2.0.0 - yyyy-mm-dd


## Changes affecting backward compatibility
- `httpclient.contentLength` default to `-1` if the Content-Length header is not set in the response, it followed Apache HttpClient(Java), http(go) and .Net HttpWebResponse(C#) behavior. Previously it raised `ValueError`.

- `addr` is now available for all addressable locations,
  `unsafeAddr` is now deprecated and an alias for `addr`.

- Certain definitions from the default `system` module have been moved to
  the following new modules:

  - `std/syncio`
  - `std/assertions`
  - `std/formatfloat`
  - `std/objectdollar`
  - `std/widestrs`
  - `std/threads`

  In the future, these definitions will be removed from the `system` module,
  and their respective modules will have to be imported to use them.
  Currently, to make these imports required, the `-d:nimPreviewSlimSystem` option
  may be used.

- Enabling `-d:nimPreviewSlimSystem` also removes the following deprecated
  symbols in the `system` module:
  - Aliases with `Error` suffix to exception types that have a `Defect` suffix
    (see [exceptions](https://nim-lang.org/docs/exceptions.html)):
    `ArithmeticError`, `DivByZeroError`, `OverflowError`,
    `AccessViolationError`, `AssertionError`, `OutOfMemError`, `IndexError`,
    `FieldError`, `RangeError`, `StackOverflowError`, `ReraiseError`,
    `ObjectAssignmentError`, `ObjectConversionError`, `FloatingPointError`,
    `FloatOverflowError`, `FloatUnderflowError`, `FloatInexactError`,
    `DeadThreadError`, `NilAccessError`
  - `addQuitProc`, replaced by `exitprocs.addExitProc`
  - Legacy unsigned conversion operations: `ze`, `ze64`, `toU8`, `toU16`, `toU32`
  - `TaintedString`, formerly a distinct alias to `string`
  - `PInt32`, `PInt64`, `PFloat32`, `PFloat64`, aliases to
    `ptr int32`, `ptr int64`, `ptr float32`, `ptr float64`

- Enabling `-d:nimPreviewSlimSystem` removes the import of `channels_builtin` in
  in the `system` module.

- The `gc:v2` option is removed.

- The `mainmodule` and `m` options are removed.

- The `threads:on` option is now the default.

- Optional parameters in combination with `: body` syntax (RFC #405) are now opt-in via
  `experimental:flexibleOptionalParams`.

- Automatic dereferencing (experimental feature) is removed.

- The `Math.trunc` polyfill for targeting Internet Explorer was
  previously included in most JavaScript output files.
  Now, it is only included with `-d:nimJsMathTruncPolyfill`.
  If you are targeting Internet Explorer, you may choose to enable this option
  or define your own `Math.trunc` polyfill using the [`emit` pragma](https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#implementation-specific-pragmas-emit-pragma).
  Nim uses `Math.trunc` for the division and modulo operators for integers.

- `shallowCopy` and `shallow` are removed for ARC/ORC. Use `move` when possible or combine assignment and
`sink` for optimization purposes.

- The `nimPreviewDotLikeOps` define is going to be removed or deprecated.

- The `{.this.}` pragma, deprecated since 0.19, has been removed.
- `nil` literals can no longer be directly assigned to variables or fields of `distinct` pointer types. They must be converted instead.
  ```nim
  type Foo = distinct ptr int

  # Before:
  var x: Foo = nil
  # After:
  var x: Foo = Foo(nil)
  ```
- Removed two type pragma syntaxes deprecated since 0.20, namely
  `type Foo = object {.final.}`, and `type Foo {.final.} [T] = object`.

- [Overloadable enums](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#overloadable-enum-value-names) and Unicode Operators
  are no longer experimental.

- Removed the `nimIncrSeqV3` define.

- `macros.getImpl` for `const` symbols now returns the full definition node
  (as `nnkConstDef`) rather than the AST of the constant value.

- Lock levels are deprecated, now a noop.

- ORC is now the default memory management strategy. Use
  `--mm:refc` for a transition period.

- `strictEffects` are no longer experimental.
  Use `legacy:laxEffects` to keep backward compatibility.

- The `gorge`/`staticExec` calls will now return a descriptive message in the output
  if the execution fails for whatever reason. To get back legacy behaviour use `-d:nimLegacyGorgeErrors`.

## Standard library additions and changes

[//]: # "Changes:"
- OpenSSL 3 is now supported.
- `macros.parseExpr` and `macros.parseStmt` now accept an optional
  filename argument for more informative errors.
- Module `colors` expanded with missing colors from the CSS color standard.
  `colPaleVioletRed` and `colMediumPurple` have also been changed to match the CSS color standard.
- Fixed `lists.SinglyLinkedList` being broken after removing the last node ([#19353](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/19353)).
- The `md5` module now works at compile time and in JavaScript.
- `std/smtp` sends `ehlo` first. If the mail server does not understand, it sends `helo` as a fallback.
- Changed `mimedb` to use an `OrderedTable` instead of `OrderedTableRef` to support `const` tables.
- `strutils.find` now uses and defaults to `last = -1` for whole string searches,
  making limiting it to just the first char (`last = 0`) valid.
- `random.rand` now works with `Ordinal`s.
- Undeprecated `os.isvalidfilename`.
- `std/oids` now uses `int64` to store time internally (before it was int32).
- `std/uri.Uri` dollar `$` improved, precalculates the `string` result length from the `Uri`.
- `std/uri.Uri.isIpv6` is now exported.


- `std/net.IpAddress` dollar `$` improved, uses a fixed capacity for the `string` result based from the `IpAddressFamily`.


[//]: # "Additions:"
- Added ISO 8601 week date utilities in `times`:
  - Added `IsoWeekRange`, a range type for weeks in a week-based year.
  - Added `IsoYear`, a distinct type for a week-based year in contrast to a regular year.
  - Added a `initDateTime` overload to create a datetime from an ISO week date.
  - Added `getIsoWeekAndYear` to get an ISO week number and week-based year from a datetime.
  - Added `getIsoWeeksInYear` to return the number of weeks in a week-based year.
- Added new modules which were part of `std/os`:
  - Added `std/oserrors` for OS error reporting. Added `std/envvars` for environment variables handling.
  - Added `std/paths`, `std/dirs`, `std/files`, `std/symlinks` and `std/appdirs`.
- Added `sep` parameter in `std/uri` to specify the query separator.
- Added bindings to [`Array.shift`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/shift)
  and [`queueMicrotask`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/queueMicrotask)
  in `jscore` for JavaScript targets.
- Added `UppercaseLetters`, `LowercaseLetters`, `PunctuationChars`, `PrintableChars` sets to `std/strutils`.
- Added `complex.sgn` for obtaining the phase of complex numbers.
- Added `insertAdjacentText`, `insertAdjacentElement`, `insertAdjacentHTML`,
  `after`, `before`, `closest`, `append`, `hasAttributeNS`, `removeAttributeNS`,
  `hasPointerCapture`, `releasePointerCapture`, `requestPointerLock`,
  `replaceChildren`, `replaceWith`, `scrollIntoViewIfNeeded`, `setHTML`,
  `toggleAttribute`, and `matches` to `std/dom`.
- Added [`jsre.hasIndices`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/hasIndices)
- Added `capacity` for `string` and `seq` to return the current capacity, see https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/460
- Added `openArray[char]` overloads for `std/parseutils` allowing more code reuse.
- Added `openArray[char]` overloads for `std/unicode` allowing more code reuse.
- Added `safe` parameter to `base64.encodeMime`.

[//]: # "Deprecations:"
- Deprecated `selfExe` for Nimscript.
- Deprecated `std/sums`.
- Deprecated `std/base64.encode` for collections of arbitrary integer element type.
  Now only `byte` and `char` are supported.

[//]: # "Removals:"
- Removed deprecated module `parseopt2`.
- Removed deprecated module `sharedstrings`.
- Removed deprecated module `dom_extensions`.
- Removed deprecated module `LockFreeHash`.
- Removed deprecated module `events`.
- Removed deprecated `oids.oidToString`.
- Removed define `nimExperimentalAsyncjsThen` for `std/asyncjs.then` and `std/jsfetch`.
- Removed deprecated `jsre.test` and `jsre.toString`.
- Removed deprecated `math.c_frexp`.
- Removed deprecated `` httpcore.`==` ``.
- Removed deprecated `std/posix.CMSG_SPACE` and `std/posix.CMSG_LEN` that takes wrong argument types.
- Removed deprecated `osproc.poDemon`, symbol with typo.

## Language changes

- [Tag tracking](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#effect-system-tag-tracking) supports the definition of forbidden tags by the `.forbids` pragma
  which can be used to disable certain effects in proc types.
- [Case statement macros](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#macros-case-statement-macros) are no longer experimental,
  meaning you no longer need to enable the experimental switch `caseStmtMacros` to use them.
- Full command syntax and block arguments i.e. `foo a, b: c` are now allowed
  for the right-hand side of type definitions in type sections. Previously
  they would error with "invalid indentation".
- `defined` now accepts identifiers separated by dots, i.e. `defined(a.b.c)`.
  In the command line, this is defined as `-d:a.b.c`. Older versions can
  use accents as in ``defined(`a.b.c`)`` to access such defines.
- [Macro pragmas](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#userminusdefined-pragmas-macro-pragmas) changes:
  - Templates now accept macro pragmas.
  - Macro pragmas for var/let/const sections have been redesigned in a way that works
    similarly to routine macro pragmas. The new behavior is documented in the
    [experimental manual](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#extended-macro-pragmas).
  - Pragma macros on type definitions can now return `nnkTypeSection` nodes as well as `nnkTypeDef`,
    allowing multiple type definitions to be injected in place of the original type definition.

    ```nim
    import macros
    macro multiply(amount: static int, s: untyped): untyped =
      let name = $s[0].basename
      result = newNimNode(nnkTypeSection)
      for i in 1 .. amount:
        result.add(newTree(nnkTypeDef, ident(name & $i), s[1], s[2]))
    type
      Foo = object
      Bar {.multiply: 3.} = object
        x, y, z: int
      Baz = object
    # becomes
    type
      Foo = object
      Bar1 = object
        x, y, z: int
      Bar2 = object
        x, y, z: int
      Bar3 = object
        x, y, z: int
      Baz = object
    ```

- Redefining templates with the same signature implicitly was previously
  allowed to support certain macro code. A `{.redefine.}` pragma has been
  added to make this work explicitly, and a warning is generated in the case
  where it is implicit. This behavior only applies to templates, redefinition
  is generally disallowed for other symbols.

- A new form of type inference called [top-down inference](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#topminusdown-type-inference)
  has been implemented for a variety of basic cases. For example, code like the following now compiles:

  ```nim
  let foo: seq[(float, byte, cstring)] = @[(1, 2, "abc")]
  ```

- `cstring` is now accepted as a selector in `case` statements, removing the
  need to convert to `string`. On the JS backend, this is translated directly
  to a `switch` statement.

- Nim now supports `out` parameters and ["strict definitions"](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#strict-definitions-and-nimout-parameters).
- Nim now offers a [strict mode](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#strict-case-objects) for `case objects`.


## Compiler changes

- The `gc` switch has been renamed to `mm` ("memory management") in order to reflect the
  reality better. (Nim moved away from all techniques based on "tracing".)

- Defines the `gcRefc` symbol which allows writing specific code for the refc GC.

- `nim` can now compile version 1.4.0 as follows: `nim c --lib:lib --stylecheck:off compiler/nim`,
  without requiring `-d:nimVersion140` which is now a noop.

- `--styleCheck`, `--hintAsError` and `--warningAsError` now only apply to the current package.

- The switch `--nimMainPrefix:prefix` has been added to add a prefix to the names of `NimMain` and
  related functions produced on the backend. This prevents conflicts with other Nim
  static libraries.

- When compiling for Release the flag `-fno-math-errno` is used for GCC.


## Tool changes

- Nim now supports Nimble version 0.14 which added support for lock-files. This is done by
  a simple configuration change setting that you can do yourself too. In `$nim/config/nim.cfg`
  replace `pkgs` by `pkgs2`.