From 4977608f72e97f498d6be312860753d0d131314b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Stone Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 18:13:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add release notes for 1.79.0 --- RELEASES.md | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 128 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md index 3080f03c721..c1311ab14c5 100644 --- a/RELEASES.md +++ b/RELEASES.md @@ -1,3 +1,131 @@ +Version 1.79.0 (2024-06-13) +========================== + + + +Language +-------- +- [Stabilize inline `const {}` expressions.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/104087/) +- [Prevent opaque types being instantiated twice with different regions within the same function.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/116935/) +- [Stabilize WebAssembly target features that are in phase 4 and 5.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/117457/) +- [Add the `redundant_lifetimes` lint to detect lifetimes which are semantically redundant.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/118391/) +- [Stabilize the `unnameable_types` lint for public types that can't be named.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120144/) +- [Enable debuginfo in macros, and stabilize `-C collapse-macro-debuginfo` and `#[collapse_debuginfo]`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120845/) +- [Propagate temporary lifetime extension into `if` and `match` expressions.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121346/) +- [Restrict promotion of `const fn` calls.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121557/) +- [Warn against refining impls of crate-private traits with `refining_impl_trait` lint.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121720/) +- [Stabilize associated type bounds (RFC 2289).](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122055/) +- [Stabilize importing `main` from other modules or crates.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122060/) +- [Check return types of function types for well-formedness](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/115538) +- [Rework `impl Trait` lifetime inference](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/116891/) +- [Change inductive trait solver cycles to be ambiguous](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122791) + + + +Compiler +-------- +- [Define `-C strip` to only affect binaries, not artifacts like `.pdb`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/115120/) +- [Stabilize `-Crelro-level` for controlling runtime link hardening.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121694/) +- [Stabilize checking of `cfg` names and values at compile-time with `--check-cfg`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/123501/) + *Note that this only stabilizes the compiler part, the Cargo part is still unstable in this release.* +- [Add `aarch64-apple-visionos` and `aarch64-apple-visionos-sim` tier 3 targets.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121419/) +- [Add `riscv32ima-unknown-none-elf` tier 3 target.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122696/) +- [Promote several Windows targets to tier 2](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121712): `aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm`, `i686-pc-windows-gnullvm`, and `x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm`. + +Refer to Rust's [platform support page][platform-support-doc] +for more information on Rust's tiered platform support. + + + +Libraries +--------- + +- [Implement `FromIterator` for `(impl Default + Extend, impl Default + Extend)`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/107462/) +- [Implement `{Div,Rem}Assign>` on `X`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121952/) +- [Document overrides of `clone_from()` in core/std.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122201/) +- [Link MSVC default lib in core.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122268/) +- [Caution against using `transmute` between pointers and integers.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122379/) +- [Enable frame pointers for the standard library.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122646/) + + + +Stabilized APIs +--------------- + +- [`{integer}::unchecked_add`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.i32.html#method.unchecked_add) +- [`{integer}::unchecked_mul`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.i32.html#method.unchecked_mul) +- [`{integer}::unchecked_sub`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.i32.html#method.unchecked_sub) +- [`<[T]>::split_at_unchecked`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.slice.html#method.split_at_unchecked) +- [`<[T]>::split_at_mut_unchecked`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.slice.html#method.split_at_mut_unchecked) +- [`<[u8]>::utf8_chunks`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.slice.html#method.utf8_chunks) +- [`str::Utf8Chunks`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/str/struct.Utf8Chunks.html) +- [`str::Utf8Chunk`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/str/struct.Utf8Chunk.html) +- [`<*const T>::is_aligned`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_aligned) +- [`<*mut T>::is_aligned`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_aligned-1) +- [`NonNull::is_aligned`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/ptr/struct.NonNull.html#method.is_aligned) +- [`<*const [T]>::len`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.pointer.html#method.len) +- [`<*mut [T]>::len`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.pointer.html#method.len-1) +- [`<*const [T]>::is_empty`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_empty) +- [`<*mut [T]>::is_empty`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_empty-1) +- [`NonNull::<[T]>::is_empty`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/ptr/struct.NonNull.html#method.is_empty) +- [`CStr::count_bytes`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/ffi/c_str/struct.CStr.html#method.count_bytes) +- [`io::Error::downcast`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/struct.Error.html#method.downcast) +- [`num::NonZero`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/num/struct.NonZero.html) +- [`path::absolute`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/path/fn.absolute.html) +- [`proc_macro::Literal::byte_character`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/proc_macro/struct.Literal.html#method.byte_character) +- [`proc_macro::Literal::c_string`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/proc_macro/struct.Literal.html#method.c_string) + +These APIs are now stable in const contexts: + +- [`Atomic*::into_inner`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/sync/atomic/struct.AtomicUsize.html#method.into_inner) +- [`io::Cursor::new`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/struct.Cursor.html#method.new) +- [`io::Cursor::get_ref`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/struct.Cursor.html#method.get_ref) +- [`io::Cursor::position`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/struct.Cursor.html#method.position) +- [`io::empty`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/fn.empty.html) +- [`io::repeat`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/fn.repeat.html) +- [`io::sink`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/io/fn.sink.html) +- [`panic::Location::caller`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/panic/struct.Location.html#method.caller) +- [`panic::Location::file`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/panic/struct.Location.html#method.file) +- [`panic::Location::line`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/panic/struct.Location.html#method.line) +- [`panic::Location::column`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/panic/struct.Location.html#method.column) + + + +Cargo +----- + +- [Prevent dashes in `lib.name`, always normalizing to `_`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/12783/) +- [Stabilize MSRV-aware version requirement selection in `cargo add`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/13608/) +- [Switch to using `gitoxide` by default for listing files.](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/13696/) +- [Error on `[project]` in Edition 2024; `cargo fix --edition` will change it to `[package]`.](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/13747/) + + + +Rustdoc +----- + +- [Always display stability version even if it's the same as the containing item.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/118441/) +- [Show a single search result for items with multiple paths.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/119912/) +- [Support typing `/` in docs to begin a search.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/123355/) + + + +Misc +---- + + + +Compatibility Notes +------------------- + +- [Update the minimum external LLVM to 17.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122649/) +- [`RustcEncodable` and `RustcDecodable` are soft-destabilized, to be removed + from the prelude in next edition.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/116016/) +- [The `wasm_c_abi` future-incompatibility lint will warn about use of the + non-spec-compliant C ABI.](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/117918/) + Use `wasm-bindgen v0.2.88` to generate forward-compatible bindings. +- [Check return types of function types for well-formedness](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/115538) + Version 1.78.0 (2024-05-02) ==========================