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# -*- rdoc -*-
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= NEWS for Ruby 2.5.0
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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 2.4.0 release
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=== Language changes
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2017-01-01 04:07:56 -05:00
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* Top-level constant look-up is removed. [Feature #11547]
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2017-01-19 04:54:58 -05:00
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* rescue/else/ensure are allowed inside do/end blocks. [Feature #12906]
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2016-12-26 07:00:02 -05:00
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=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)
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=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)
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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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2017-01-21 23:02:42 -05:00
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* (This might not be a "user visible feature change" but) Hash class's
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hash function is now SipHash13. [Feature #13017]
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2017-01-21 23:14:21 -05:00
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* SecureRandom now prefers OS-provided sources than OpenSSL. [Bug #9569]
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2016-12-26 07:00:02 -05:00
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=== Miscellaneous changes
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