From e0ef859130f429df1891e31a85955daa753346b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 12:10:14 +0200
Subject: strict effects (#18777)

* fixes #17369
* megatest is green for --cpu:arm64
* docgen output includes more tags/raises
* implemented 'effectsOf'
* algorithm.nim: uses new effectsOf annotation
* closes #18376
* closes #17475
* closes #13905
* allow effectsOf: [a, b]
* added a test case
* parameters that are not ours cannot be declared as .effectsOf
* documentation
* manual: added the 'sort' example
* bootstrap with the new better options
---
 changelog.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

(limited to 'changelog.md')

diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 65ae61833..10824cfc6 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -427,6 +427,23 @@
 - On embedded devices `malloc` can now be used instead of `mmap` via `-d:nimAllocPagesViaMalloc`.
   This is only supported for `--gc:orc` or `--gc:arc`.
 
+- The effect system was refined and there is a new `.effectsOf` annotation that does
+  explicitly what was previously done implicitly. See the manual for details.
+  To write code that is portable with older Nim versions, use this idiom:
+
+```nim
+
+when defined(nimHasEffectsOf):
+  {.experimental: "strictEffects".}
+else:
+  {.pragma: effectsOf.}
+
+proc mysort(s: seq; cmp: proc(a, b: T): int) {.effectsOf: cmp.}
+
+```
+
+  To enable the new effect system, use --experimental:strictEffects.
+
 
 ## Compiler changes
 
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