diff --git a/RELEASES.txt b/RELEASES.txt index 00e3874370c..1804f239558 100644 --- a/RELEASES.txt +++ b/RELEASES.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Version 0.9 (January 2014) -------------------------- - * ~1600 changes, numerous bugfixes + * ~1800 changes, numerous bugfixes * Language * The `float` type has been removed. Use `f32` or `f64` instead. @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Version 0.9 (January 2014) * `@fn`s have been removed. * `do` only works with procs in order to make it obvious what the cost of `do` is. + * Single-element tuple-like structs can no longer be dereferenced to + obtain the inner value. A more comprehensive solution for overloading + the dereference operator will be provided in the future. * The `#[link(...)]` attribute has been replaced with `#[crate_id = "name#vers"]`. * Empty `impl`s must be terminated with empty braces and may not be @@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ Version 0.9 (January 2014) * `printf!` and `printfln!` (old-style formatting) removed in favor of `print!` and `println!`. * `mut` works in patterns now, as in `let (mut x, y) = (1, 2);`. + * The `extern mod foo (name = "bar")` syntax has been removed. Use + `extern mod foo = "bar"` instead. * New reserved keywords: `alignof`, `offsetof`, `sizeof`. * Macros can have attributes. * Macros can expand to items with attributes. @@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ Version 0.9 (January 2014) variables. Currently behind the `thread_local` feature gate. * The `return` keyword may be used in closures. * Types that can be copied via a memcpy implement the `Pod` kind. + * The `cfg` attribute can now be used on struct fields and enum variants. * Libraries * std: The `option` and `result` API's have been overhauled to make them @@ -90,9 +96,14 @@ Version 0.9 (January 2014) * std: The reference counted pointer type `extra::rc` moved into std. * std: The `Gc` type in the `gc` module will replace `@` (it is currently just a wrapper around it). + * std: The `Either` type has been removed. * std: `fmt::Default` can be implemented for any type to provide default formatting to the `format!` macro, as in `format!("{}", myfoo)`. * std: The `rand` API continues to be tweaked. + * std: The `rust_begin_unwind` function, useful for insterting breakpoints + on failure in gdb, is now named `rust_fail`. + * std: The `each_key` and `each_value` methods on `HashMap` have been + replaced by the `keys` and `values` iterators. * std: Functions dealing with type size and alignment have moved from the `sys` module to the `mem` module. * std: The `path` module was written and API changed.