From 2b1fa1fece80daa9685698a3ba08f8f71249dc60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erin Power Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:09:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update RELEASES.md for 1.48.0 --- RELEASES.md | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 122 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md index ce11a74b71f..be80dc4e906 100644 --- a/RELEASES.md +++ b/RELEASES.md @@ -1,3 +1,125 @@ +Version 1.48.0 (2020-11-19) +========================== + +Language +-------- + +- [The `unsafe` keyword is now syntactically permitted on modules.][75857] This + is still rejected *semantically*, but can now be parsed by procedural macros. + +Compiler +-------- +- [Stabilised the `-C link=`][76158] Which tells `rustc` whether to link + its own libraries or to rely on a external linker. (supported only on + `windows-gnu`, `linux-musl`, and `wasi` platforms.) +- [You can now use `-C target-feature=+crt-static` on `linux-gnu` targets.][77386] +- [Added tier 2\* support for `aarch64-unknown-linux-musl`.][76420] + +Libraries +--------- +- [`io::Write` is now implemented for `&ChildStdin` `&Sink`, `&Stdout`, + and `&Stderr`.][76275] +- [All arrays now implement `TryFrom>`.][76310] +- [The `matches!` macro now supports having a trailing comma.][74880] +- [`Vec` now implements `PartialEq<[B]>` where `A: PartialEq`.][74194] +- [Nearly all of `Cell`'s panicking functions now use the `#[track_caller]` + attribute.][77055] + +Stabilized APIs +--------------- +- [`slice::as_ptr_range`] +- [`slice::as_mut_ptr_range`] +- [`VecDeque::make_contiguous`] +- [`future::pending`] +- [`future::ready`] + +The following previously stable methods are now `const fn`'s: + +- [`Option::is_some`] +- [`Option::is_none`] +- [`Option::as_ref`] +- [`Result::is_ok`] +- [`Result::is_err`] +- [`Result::as_ref`] +- [`Ordering::reverse`] +- [`Ordering::then`] + +Cargo +----- + +Misc +---- +- [You can now link to different items in `rustdoc` using the intra-doc link + syntax.][74430] E.g. ``/// Uses [`std::future`] `` will automatically generate + a link to `std::future`'s documentation. See ["Linking to items by + name"][intradoc-links] for more information. +- [You can now specify `#[doc(alias = "")]` on items to add search aliases + when searching through `rustdoc`'s UI.][75740] +- [You can now use `rustup install .` to specify installing the + latest availeble patch of that minor version of the toolchain.][76107] E.g. + `rustup install 1.45` would install `1.45.2`, and `1.46` would install `1.46.0`. + +Compatibility Notes +------------------- +- [`const fn`s are now implicitly promoted to `const`.][75502] Meaning that it + will only warn if your code fails `const` evaluation, and not produce an error. +- [Associated type bindings on trait objects are now verified to meet the bounds + declared on the trait when checking that they implement the trait.][27675] +- [When traits bounds on associated types or opaque types are ambiguous the + compiler no longer makes an arbitrary choice on which bound to use.][54121] +- [Fixed recursive nonterminals not being expended in macros during + pretty-print/reparse check.][77153] This may cause errors if your macro wasn't + correctly handling recursive nonterminal tokens. +- [`&mut` references to non zero-sized types are not longer promoted.][75585] +- [`rustc` will now warn if you use attributes like `#[link_name]` or `#[cold]` + in places where they have no effect.][73461] +- [Updated `_mm256_extract_epi8` and `_mm256_extract_epi16` signatures in + `arch::{x86, x86_64}` to return `i32` to match the vendor signatures.][73166] + + + +Internal Only +------------- +- [Building `rustc` from source now uses `ninja` by default over `make`.][74922] + You can continue building with `make` by setting `ninja=false` in + your `config.toml`. + +[27675]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/27675/ +[54121]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54121/ +[77386]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/77386/ +[77153]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/77153/ +[77055]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/77055/ +[76275]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/76275/ +[76310]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/76310/ +[76420]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/76420/ +[76107]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/76107/ +[76158]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/76158/ +[75857]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/75857/ +[75585]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/75585/ +[75740]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/75740/ +[75502]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/75502/ +[74880]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/74880/ +[74922]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/74922/ +[74430]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/74430/ +[74194]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/74194/ +[73461]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/73461/ +[73166]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/73166/ +[intradoc-links]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/linking-to-items-by-name.html +[`Option::is_some`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.is_some +[`Option::is_none`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.is_none +[`Option::as_ref`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.as_ref +[`Result::is_ok`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.is_ok +[`Result::is_err`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.is_err +[`Result::as_ref`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.as_ref +[`Ordering::reverse`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/cmp/enum.Ordering.html#method.reverse +[`Ordering::then`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/cmp/enum.Ordering.html#method.then +[`slice::as_ptr_range`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.slice.html#method.as_ptr_range +[`slice::as_mut_ptr_range`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.slice.html#method.as_mut_ptr_range +[`VecDeque::make_contiguous`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/struct.VecDeque.html#method.make_contiguous +[`future::pending`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/future/fn.pending.html +[`future::ready`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/future/fn.ready.html + + Version 1.47.0 (2020-10-08) ==========================