From 23c09eaa770c0bdc40dc744a4086dbe7976b4662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Anderson Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:52:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Release notes for 1.16 --- RELEASES.md | 191 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 191 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md index 1de44ef7e6d05..606936778c49a 100644 --- a/RELEASES.md +++ b/RELEASES.md @@ -1,3 +1,194 @@ +Version 1.16.0 (2017-03-16) +=========================== + +Language +-------- + +* Lifetimes in statics and consts default to `'static`. [RFC 1623] +* [The compiler's `dead_code` lint now accounts for type aliases][38051]. +* [Uninhabitable enums (those without any variants) no longer permit wildcard + match patterns][38069] +* [Clean up semantics of `self` in an import list][38313] +* [`Self` may appear in `impl` headers][38920] +* [`Self` may appear in struct expressions][39282] + +Compiler +-------- + +* [`rustc` now supports `--emit=metadata`, which causes rustc to emit + a `.rmeta` file containing only crate metadata][38571]. This can be + used by tools like the Rust Language Service to perform + metadata-only builds. +* [Levenshtein based typo suggestions now work in most places, while + previously they worked only for fields and sometimes for local + variables][38927]. Together with the overhaul of "no + resolution"/"unexpected resolution" errors (#[38154]) they result in + large and systematic improvement in resolution diagnostics. +* [Fix `transmute::` where `T` requires a bigger alignment than + `U`][38670] +* [rustc: use -Xlinker when specifying an rpath with ',' in it][38798] +* [`rustc` no longer attempts to provide "consider using an explicit + lifetime" suggestions][37057]. They were inaccurate. + +Stabilized APIs +--------------- + +* [`VecDeque::truncate`] +* [`VecDeque::resize`] +* [`String::insert_str`] +* [`Duration::checked_add`] +* [`Duration::checked_sub`] +* [`Duration::checked_div`] +* [`Duration::checked_mul`] +* [`str::replacen`] +* [`str::repeat`] +* [`SocketAddr::is_ipv4`] +* [`SocketAddr::is_ipv6`] +* [`IpAddr::is_ipv4`] +* [`IpAddr::is_ipv6`] +* [`Vec::dedup_by`] +* [`Vec::dedup_by_key`] +* [`Result::unwrap_or_default`] +* [`<*const T>::wrapping_offset`] +* [`<*mut T>::wrapping_offset`] +* `CommandExt::creation_flags` +* [`File::set_permissions`] +* [`String::split_off`] + +Libraries +--------- + +* [`[T]::binary_search` and `[T]::binary_search_by_key` now take + their argument by `Borrow` parameter][37761] +* [All public types in std implement `Debug`][38006] +* [`IpAddr` implements `From` and `From`][38327] +* [`Ipv6Addr` implements `From<[u16; 8]>`][38131] +* [Ctrl-Z returns from `Stdin.read()` when reading from the console on + Windows][38274] +* [std: Fix partial writes in `LineWriter`][38062] +* [std: Clamp max read/write sizes on Unix][38062] +* [Use more specific panic message for `&str` slicing errors][38066] +* [`TcpListener::set_only_v6` is deprecated][38304]. This + functionality cannot be achieved in std currently. +* [`writeln!`, like `println!`, now accepts a form with no string + or formatting arguments, to just print a newline][38469] +* [Implement `iter::Sum` and `iter::Product` for `Result`][38580] +* [Reduce the size of static data in `std_unicode::tables`][38781] +* [`char::EscapeDebug`, `EscapeDefault`, `EscapeUnicode`, + `CaseMappingIter`, `ToLowercase`, `ToUppercase`, implement + `Display`][38909] +* [`Duration` implements `Sum`][38712] +* [`String` implements `ToSocketAddrs`][39048] + +Cargo +----- + +* [The `cargo check` command does a type check of a project without + building it][cargo/3296] +* [crates.io will display CI badges from Travis and AppVeyor, if + specified in Cargo.toml][cargo/3546] +* [crates.io will display categories listed in Cargo.toml][cargo/3301] +* [Compilation profiles accept integer values for `debug`, in addition + to `true` and `false`. These are passed to `rustc` as the value to + `-C debuginfo`][cargo/3534] +* [Implement `cargo --version --verbose`][cargo/3604] +* [All builds now output 'dep-info' build dependencies compatible with + make and ninja][cargo/3557] +* [Build all workspace members with `build --all`][cargo/3511] +* [Document all workspace members with `doc --all`][cargo/3515] +* [Path deps outside workspace are not members][cargo/3443] + +Misc +---- + +* [`rustdoc` has a `--sysroot` argument that, like `rustc`, specifies + the path to the Rust implementation][38589] +* [The `armv7-linux-androideabi` target no longer enables NEON + extensions, per Google's ABI guide][38413] +* [The stock standard library can be compiled for Redox OS][38401] +* [Rust has initial SPARC support][38726]. Tier 3. No builds + available. +* [Rust has experimental support for Nvidia PTX][38559]. Tier 3. No + builds available. +* [Fix backtraces on i686-pc-windows-gnu by disabling FPO][39379] + +Compatibility Notes +------------------- + +* [Uninhabitable enums (those without any variants) no longer permit wildcard + match patterns][38069] +* In this release, references to uninhabited types can not be + pattern-matched. This was accidentally allowed in 1.15. +* [The compiler's `dead_code` lint now accounts for type aliases][38051]. +* [Ctrl-Z returns from `Stdin.read()` when reading from the console on + Windows][38274] +* [Clean up semantics of `self` in an import list][38313] + +[37057]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/37057 +[37761]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/37761 +[38006]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38006 +[38051]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38051 +[38062]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38062 +[38062]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38622 +[38066]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38066 +[38069]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38069 +[38131]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38131 +[38154]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38154 +[38274]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38274 +[38304]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38304 +[38313]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38313 +[38314]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38314 +[38327]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38327 +[38401]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38401 +[38413]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38413 +[38469]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38469 +[38559]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38559 +[38571]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38571 +[38580]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38580 +[38589]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38589 +[38670]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38670 +[38712]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38712 +[38726]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38726 +[38781]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38781 +[38798]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38798 +[38909]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38909 +[38920]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38920 +[38927]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/38927 +[39048]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/39048 +[39282]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/39282 +[39379]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/39379 +[`<*const T>::wrapping_offset`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.wrapping_offset +[`<*mut T>::wrapping_offset`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.wrapping_offset +[`Duration::checked_add`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/time/struct.Duration.html#method.checked_add +[`Duration::checked_div`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/time/struct.Duration.html#method.checked_div +[`Duration::checked_mul`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/time/struct.Duration.html#method.checked_mul +[`Duration::checked_sub`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/time/struct.Duration.html#method.checked_sub +[`File::set_permissions`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fs/struct.File.html#method.set_permissions +[`IpAddr::is_ipv4`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/net/enum.IpAddr.html#method.is_ipv4 +[`IpAddr::is_ipv6`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/net/enum.IpAddr.html#method.is_ipv6 +[`Result::unwrap_or_default`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.unwrap_or_default +[`SocketAddr::is_ipv4`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/net/enum.SocketAddr.html#method.is_ipv4 +[`SocketAddr::is_ipv6`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/net/enum.SocketAddr.html#method.is_ipv6 +[`String::insert_str`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/string/struct.String.html#method.insert_str +[`String::split_off`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/string/struct.String.html#method.split_off +[`Vec::dedup_by_key`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/vec/struct.Vec.html#method.dedup_by_key +[`Vec::dedup_by`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/vec/struct.Vec.html#method.dedup_by +[`VecDeque::resize`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/vec_deque/struct.VecDeque.html#method.resize +[`VecDeque::truncate`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/vec_deque/struct.VecDeque.html#method.truncate +[`str::repeat`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.str.html#method.repeat +[`str::replacen`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.str.html#method.replacen +[cargo/3296]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3296 +[cargo/3301]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3301 +[cargo/3443]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3443 +[cargo/3511]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3511 +[cargo/3515]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3515 +[cargo/3534]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3534 +[cargo/3546]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3546 +[cargo/3557]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3557 +[cargo/3604]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3604 +[RFC 1623]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1623-static.md + + Version 1.15.1 (2017-02-09) ===========================