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# -*- rdoc -*-
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= NEWS for Ruby 2.6.0
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This document is a list of user visible feature changes made between
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releases except for bug fixes.
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Note that each entry is kept so brief that no reason behind or
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reference information is supplied with. For a full list of changes
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with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
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(e.g. <tt>https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/$FEATURE_OR_BUG_NUMBER</tt>)
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== Changes since the 2.5.0 release
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2017-12-28 15:09:24 -05:00
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=== Language changes
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* $SAFE is a process global state and we can set 0 again. [Feature #14250]
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2018-01-24 01:32:46 -05:00
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* refinements take place at block passing. [Feature #14223]
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2017-12-28 15:09:24 -05:00
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=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)
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2018-01-24 02:15:55 -05:00
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* Dir
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* New methods:
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* added Dir#each_child and Dir#children instance methods. [Feature #13969]
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2018-01-24 09:31:40 -05:00
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* Kernel
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* Kernel.#system takes :exception option to raise an exception on failure. [Feature #14386]
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2017-12-28 15:09:24 -05:00
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* Proc
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* Proc#call doesn't change $SAFE any more. [Feature #14250]
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=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)
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2018-01-11 14:37:25 -05:00
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* Matrix
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* New method:
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* Matrix#antisymmetric?
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2017-12-28 15:09:24 -05:00
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=== Compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
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=== Stdlib compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
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=== C API updates
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=== Supported platform changes
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=== Implementation improvements
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2018-02-11 00:32:17 -05:00
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* `--jit` option to enable JIT compiler is added. [Feature #14235] [experimental]
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2017-12-28 15:09:24 -05:00
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=== Miscellaneous changes
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