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# -*- rdoc -*-
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= NEWS for Ruby 2.1.0
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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.
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== Changes since the 2.0.0 release
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2010-09-15 12:14:05 -04:00
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2013-02-23 09:23:39 -05:00
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=== Language changes
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=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)
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2013-03-10 14:23:00 -04:00
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2013-03-13 22:54:30 -04:00
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* GC
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* added environment variable:
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* RUBY_HEAP_SLOTS_GROWTH_FACTOR: growth rate of the heap.
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2013-04-03 08:25:09 -04:00
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* IO
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* extended methods:
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* IO#seek accepts symbols (:CUR, :END, :SET) for 2nd argument.
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2013-03-10 14:23:00 -04:00
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* Mutex
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* misc
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* Mutex#owned? is no longer experimental.
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2013-04-02 07:28:57 -04:00
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* pack/unpack (Array/String)
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2013-04-02 10:58:32 -04:00
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* Q! and q! directives for long long type if platform has the type.
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2013-02-23 09:23:39 -05:00
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=== Core classes compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
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2013-03-07 12:54:49 -05:00
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* Module#ancestors
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The ancestors of a singleton class now include singleton classes,
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in particular itself.
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2013-03-07 12:54:49 -05:00
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2013-02-23 09:23:39 -05:00
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=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)
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2013-03-11 13:27:03 -04:00
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* Net::SMTP
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2013-04-03 07:43:42 -04:00
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* Added Net::SMTP#rset to implement the RSET command
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2013-03-23 16:36:42 -04:00
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2013-04-04 07:12:12 -04:00
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* Pathname
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* New methods:
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* Pathname#write
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* Pathname#binwrite
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2013-03-23 16:10:11 -04:00
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* Rinda::RingServer, Rinda::RingFinger
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2013-03-23 16:36:42 -04:00
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* Rinda now supports multicast sockets. See Rinda::RingServer and
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Rinda::RingFinger for details.
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2013-02-23 09:23:39 -05:00
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=== Stdlib compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
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=== C API updates
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