diff --git a/RELEASES.txt b/RELEASES.txt index 4aeea4fe773..9db4a7954e4 100644 --- a/RELEASES.txt +++ b/RELEASES.txt @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) * Remove `static` keyword * Static method syntax * `as Trait` - * `copy` removed? + * `copy` removed, replaced with `Clone`? + * `std::map` removed, replaced with `core::hashmap` * Syntax changes * The self type parameter in traits is now spelled `Self` @@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) * Trait implementations no longer support visibility modifiers * Semantic changes - * Linear types move by default, eliminating the `move` keyword + * Types with owned pointers or custom destructors move by default, + eliminating the `move` keyword * All foreign functions are considered unsafe * &mut is now unaliasable * Writes to borrowed @mut pointers are prevented dynamically @@ -57,16 +59,19 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013) improve inference and eliminate unsoundness * Libraries - * Lots of effort to organize the container API's around `core::container` - * `core::send_map` renamed to `core::hashmap` * Added big integers to `std::bigint` * Removed `core::oldcomm` module * Added pipe-based `core::comm` module - * Reimplemented `std::treemap` * Numeric traits have been reorganized under `core::num` - * `core::dvec` removed. Use `@mut ~[T]` or other language types * `vec::slice` finally returns a slice * `debug!` and friends don't require a format string, e.g. `debug!(Foo)` + * Containers reorganized around traits in `core::container` + * `core::dvec` removed, `~[T]` is a drop-in replacement + * `core::send_map` renamed to `core::hashmap` + * `std::treemap` reimplemented as an owned balanced tree + * `std::deque` and `std::smallintmap` reimplemented as owned containers + * `core::trie` added as a fast ordered map for integer keys + * Set types added to `core::hashmap`, `core::trie` and `std::treemap` * Tools * Replaced the 'cargo' package manager with 'rustpkg'