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@@ -37,17 +37,13 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o Extra subclassing check when binding UnboundMethods * Exceptions - o Exceptions are equal to each other if they belongs to + o Exceptions are equal to each other if they belong to the same class and have the same message and backtrace. o SystemStackError used to be a subclass of StandardError but not it is a direct subclass of Exception. o SecurityError: ditto o Removed Exception#to_str [Ruby2] - * Array - o Array#nitems was removed (use count {|i| !i.nil?}) - o Array#choice was removed (use sample) - o Array#[m,n] = nil places nil in the array. * Enumerable and Enumerator o Enumerable::Enumerator, compatibility alias of Enumerator, is removed. @@ -55,28 +51,10 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. an enumerator. o Even more builtin and bundled libraries have been made to return an enumerator when called without a block. - * File and Dir operations - o #to_path is called as necessary in File.path, File.chmod, - File.lchmod, File.chown, File.lchown, File.utime, - File.unlink, etc.. - o File.world_readable? - o File.world_writable? - o Dir.[], Dir.glob - o Dir.exist? - o Dir.exists? - * File::Stat - o File::Stat#world_readable? - o File::Stat#world_writable? - * String and Regexp - o No longer an Enumerable - o ?c semantics - o "One-char-wide" semantics for String#[] and String#[]= - o Character-wise semantics in many methods in stead of - byte-wise. - o Encoding-awareness - o Regexp matches only with strings which is encoded in a - compatible character encoding to the regexp's. - o Regexp#kcode is removed. use Regexp#encoding. + * Array + o Array#nitems was removed (use count {|i| !i.nil?}) + o Array#choice was removed (use sample) + o Array#[m,n] = nil places nil in the array. * Hash o Hash#to_s is equivalent to Hash#inspect o Semantics for Hash#each and Hash#each_pair @@ -87,14 +65,6 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. order in which the keys are inserted. o Most of the changes in Hash apply to hash like interfaces such as ENV and *DBM. - * Numeric - o Numeric#div always rounds as Integer#div has done. - o Numeric#fdiv: ditto. - * Integer - o Integer(nil) raises TypeError - * Fixnum - o Fixnum#id2name removed - o Fixnum#to_sym removed * IO operations o Many methods used to act byte-wise but now some of those act character-wise. You can use alternate byte-wise methods. @@ -122,43 +92,74 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o IO.pipe takes encoding option o Directive %u behaves like %d for negative values in printf-style formatting. + * File and Dir operations + o #to_path is called as necessary in File.path, File.chmod, + File.lchmod, File.chown, File.lchown, File.utime, + File.unlink, etc.. + o File.world_readable? + o File.world_writable? + o Dir.[], Dir.glob + o Dir.exist? + o Dir.exists? + * File::Stat + o File::Stat#world_readable? + o File::Stat#world_writable? + * String and Regexp + o No longer an Enumerable + o ?c semantics + o "One-char-wide" semantics for String#[] and String#[]= + o Character-wise semantics in many methods in stead of + byte-wise. + o Encoding-awareness + o Regexp matches only with strings which is encoded in a + compatible character encoding to the regexp's. + o Regexp#kcode is removed. use Regexp#encoding. + * Symbols: restriction on literal symbols + * Numeric + o Numeric#div always rounds as Integer#div has done. + o Numeric#fdiv: ditto. + * Integer + o Integer(nil) raises TypeError + * Fixnum + o Fixnum#id2name removed + o Fixnum#to_sym removed * Struct o Struct#inspect - * Symbols: restriction on literal symbols - * $SAFE and bound methods - o New trusted/untrusted model in addition to - tainted/untainted model. * Time o New format in Time#to_s o Timezone information preserved on Marshal.dump/load + * $SAFE and bound methods + o New trusted/untrusted model in addition to + tainted/untainted model. * Deprecation - o VERSION and friends o Kernel.to_a o Kernel#getc, #gsub, #sub o Kernel#callcc and Continuation now become 'continuation' bundled library. o Object#type - o Symbol#to_int and Symbol#to_i - o Numeric#rdiv + o Removed Array and Hash #indices, #indexes o Hash#index o ENV.index o Process::Status#to_int + o Numeric#rdiv o Precision is removed. Don't cry, it will be redesigned and come back in future version. - o Removed Array and Hash #indices, #indexes + o Symbol#to_int and Symbol#to_i o $KCODE is no longer effective. Use Encoding related features of each class. + o VERSION and friends * bundled libraries + * Pathname + o No longer has #to_str nor #=~. * time and date - o Time.parse and Date.parse interprets slashed numerical dates as "dd/mm/yyyy". + o Time.parse and Date.parse interprets slashed numerical dates + as "dd/mm/yyyy". * Readline o If Readline uses libedit, Readline::HISTORY[0] returns the first of the history. - * Pathname - o No longer has #to_str nor #=~. * Continuation o as above @@ -183,7 +184,8 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. getoptlong. o soap, wsdl and xsd libraries: use soap4r gem. o Win32API library: use dl. - o dl library: Reimplemented and API changed. + o dl library: Reimplemented and API changed. use the new + version of dl or ffi gem. o rubyunit library and runit library: use minitest or test/unit. Or use anything you love through RubyGems. o test/unit is reimplemented on top of minitest. This is @@ -208,17 +210,27 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o Newlines allowed before ternary colon o Encoding.default_external and default_internal + === Library updates +* builtin classes and objects * Kernel and Object o BasicObject o Object#=~ returns nil instead of false by default. o Kernel#define_singleton_method + o Kernel#load can load a library from the highest versions + of gems by default. * Class and Module o Module#const_defined?, #const_get and #method_defined? take an optional parameter. o #class_variable_{set,get} are public. o Class of singleton classes + + * Errno::EXXX + o All of those are always defined. Errno::EXX will be + defined as an alias to Errno::ENOERROR if your platform + does not have one. + * Binding#eval * Blocks and Procs o Arity of blocks without arguments @@ -227,26 +239,17 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o Passing blocks to #[] o Proc#lambda? o Proc#curry + * Fiber: coroutines/micro-threads + * Thread + o Thread.critical and Thread.critical= removed + o Thread#exit!, Thread#kill! and Thread#terminate! removed. + * Enumerable and Enumerator o Enumerable#each_with_index can take optional arguments and passes them to #each. o Enumerable#each_with_object o Enumerator#with_object o Enumerator.new { ... } - * Errno::EXXX - o All of those are always defined. Errno::EXX will be - defined as an alias to Errno::ENOERROR if your platform - does not have one. - * Regexp#match, String#match - o Regexp#match, String#match - o Regexp#fixed_encoding? - o Regexp#encoding - o Regexp#named_captures - o Regexp#names - * Encoding - * Encoding::Converter - o supports conversion between many encodings - * Fiber: coroutines/micro-threads * Array o Array#delete returns a deleted element rather than a given object @@ -261,10 +264,6 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o Hash#assoc o Hash#rassoc o Hash#flatten - * Numeric - o Numeric#upto, #downto, #times, #step - o Numeric#scalar?, Complex#scalar? - o Numeric#magnitude * Range o Range#cover? o Range#include? iterates over elements and compares the @@ -272,12 +271,12 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. Use Range#cover? for the old behavior, i.e. comparison with boundary values. o Range#min, Range#max - * Regexp - o Regexp#=== matches symbols - o Regexp.try_convert - * MatchData - o MatchData#names - o MatchData#regexp + + * File and Dir operations + o New methods + * Process + o Process.spawn + o Process.daemon * String o String#clear o String#ord @@ -287,29 +286,41 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o String#unpack with a block o String#hash o String.try_convert - o String#encoding, String#force_encoding, String#encode, String#encode! + o String#encoding + o String#force_encoding, String#encode and String#encode! o String#ascii_only? o String#valid_encoding? + o String#match * Symbol o Zero-length symbols allowed o Symbol#=== matches strings o Symbol#intern o Symbol#encoding o Symbol methods similar to those in String + * Regexp + o Regexp#=== matches symbols + o Regexp.try_convert + o Regexp#match + o Regexp#fixed_encoding? + o Regexp#encoding + o Regexp#named_captures + o Regexp#names + * MatchData + o MatchData#names + o MatchData#regexp + * Encoding + * Encoding::Converter + o supports conversion between many encodings + * Numeric + o Numeric#upto, #downto, #times, #step + o Numeric#scalar?, Complex#scalar? + o Numeric#magnitude + * Rational / Complex + o They are in the core library now * Math o Math#log takes an optional argument. o Math#log2 o Math#cbrt, Math#lgamma, Math#gamma - * Rational / Complex - o They are core library now - * File and Dir operations - o New methods - * Process - o Process.spawn - o Process.daemon - * Thread - o Thread.critical and Thread.critical= removed - o Thread#exit!, Thread#kill! and Thread#terminate! removed. * Time o Time.times removed. Use Process.times. o Time#sunday? @@ -320,13 +331,6 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o Time#friday? o Time#saturday? o Time#tv_nsec and Time#nsec - * Readline - o Readline.vi_editing_mode? - o Readline.emacs_editing_mode? - o Readline::HISTORY.clear - * Tk - o TkXXX widget classes are removed and redefined as aliases of - Tk::XXX classes. * Misc. new methods o RUBY_ENGINE to distinguish between Ruby processor implementation o public_method @@ -334,7 +338,8 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o GC.count o ObjectSpace.count_objects o Method#hash, Proc#hash - o Method#source_location, UnboundMethod#source_location, Proc#source_location + o Method#source_location, UnboundMethod#source_location and + Proc#source_location o __callee__ o Elements in $LOAD_PATH and $LOADED_FEATURES are expanded @@ -346,9 +351,9 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o Ruby make. A simple ruby build program with capabilities similar to make. * minitest - o Our new testing library which is cleaner and easier to - read than the old test/unit. - o You can introduce the old test/unit as a gem through + o Our new testing library which is faster, cleaner and easier + to read than the old test/unit. + o You can introduce the old test/unit as testunit gem through RubyGems if you want. * CMath o Complex number version of Math @@ -358,6 +363,13 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. o Prime.new is obsolete. Use its class methods. * ripper o Ruby script parser + * Readline + o Readline.vi_editing_mode? + o Readline.emacs_editing_mode? + o Readline::HISTORY.clear + * Tk + o TkXXX widget classes are removed and redefined as aliases of + Tk::XXX classes. * commandline options * -E, --encoding |