From d1f21afe9d14ddccc7714d3cd4c408d902bad07a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rgrjr Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:22:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [NEWS] Flesh this out a bit. git-svn-id: https://svn.perl.org/parrot/trunk@30273 d31e2699-5ff4-0310-a27c-f18f2fbe73fe --- NEWS | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0d44919c4e..e3c157397a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,51 @@ # $Id$ -New in August 2008 release -- Tools - + parrot_debugger renamed from pdb +New in 0.7.0 [r29473 through r30270] +- Specification + + PDD27: add multisub lookup +- Languages + + Cardinal (Ruby): + + Lua: + - [opengl4lua branch merge?] + + Pipp (PHP): + + Pugs (Perl 6): + - removed due to bit rot + + Rakudo (Perl 6): + - updated the Rakudo roadmap + - Perl 6 multi dispatch + - dispatch with slurpies + - class attributes ("my $.x") + - now up to 2196 passing tests + + Tcl: + - [lots] +- Compilers + + PCT: + - :scope('register') for PAST::Var nodes + + PIRC: + - PIR registers now use the vanilla register allocator + - all PASM output now uses PASM registers + - all .locals and $registers are mapped +- Configuration + + tests now clean up after themselves + + improved parallel test support + + ports/cygwin added + + Darwin problems fixed +- Deprecations + + ".pragma n_operators" is deprecated + + old PASM register syntax (without "$") is deprecated + + bare (unquoted) method names are deprecated + + "#line" will be replaced with ".line" + + ".HLL_map" syntax will change + + ".loadlib" is now separate from ".HLL" + + mmdvtregister and mmdvtablefind opcodes are deprecated + + removed getfd, getclass opcodes, plus numeric get_attr and set_attr - Implementation - + removed opcode getfd + + new concurrency implementation (see PDD25) + + new "say" opcode + + Exception PMC now captures a return continuation +- Tools + + parrot_debugger renamed from pdb, numerous tweaks +- Miscellaneous New in 0.6.4 - Documentation -- 2.11.4.GIT