ruby--ruby/NEWS

# -*- rdoc -*-

= NEWS for Ruby 2.4.0

This document is a list of user visible feature changes made between
releases except for bug fixes.

Note that each entry is kept so brief that no reason behind or
reference information is supplied with.  For a full list of changes
with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
(e.g. <tt>https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/$FEATURE_OR_BUG_NUMBER</tt>)

== Changes since the 2.3.0 release

=== Language changes

=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)

* Dir

  * Dir.empty?.  [Feature #10121]

* String

  * String.new(capacity: size) [Feature #12024]

* Symbol

  * Symbol#match now returns MatchData.  [Bug #11991]

* MatchData

  * MatchData#named_captures [Feature #11999]

=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)

* CSV
  * Add a liberal_parsing option. [Feature #11839]

* optparse
  * Add an into option. [Feature #11191]

=== Stdlib compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)

=== Built-in global variables compatibility issues

=== C API updates

* ruby_show_version() will no longer exits the process, if
  RUBY_SHOW_COPYRIGHT_TO_DIE is set to 0.  This will be the default in
  the future.

=== Supported platform changes

=== Implementation improvements
* ChangeLog, NEWS: added. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53292 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2015-12-24 12:25:26 -05:00			`# -- rdoc --`

			`= NEWS for Ruby 2.4.0`

			`This document is a list of user visible feature changes made between`
			`releases except for bug fixes.`

			`Note that each entry is kept so brief that no reason behind or`
			`reference information is supplied with. For a full list of changes`
			`with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine`
			`(e.g. <tt>https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/$FEATURE_OR_BUG_NUMBER</tt>)`

			`== Changes since the 2.3.0 release`

			`=== Language changes`

			`=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)`

dir.c: Dir.empty? * dir.c (rb_dir_s_empty_p): add Dir.empty? method, which tells the argument is the name of an empty directory. [Feature #10121] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53841 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-02-16 03:34:47 -05:00			`* Dir`

fix a typo [ci skip] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53846 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-02-16 07:25:54 -05:00			`* Dir.empty?. [Feature #10121]`
dir.c: Dir.empty? * dir.c (rb_dir_s_empty_p): add Dir.empty? method, which tells the argument is the name of an empty directory. [Feature #10121] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53841 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-02-16 03:34:47 -05:00
* string.c (rb_str_init): introduce String.new(capacity: size) [Feature #12024] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53850 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-02-16 22:21:35 -05:00			`* String`

			`* String.new(capacity: size) [Feature #12024]`

NEWS: update [ci skip] * NEWS: change of Symbol#match. [Bug #11991] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53882 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-02-20 23:52:04 -05:00			`* Symbol`

			`* Symbol#match now returns MatchData. [Bug #11991]`

* re.c: Add MatchData#named_captures [Feature #11999] [ruby-core:72897] * test/ruby/test_regexp.rb(test_match_data_named_captures): Test for above. * NEWS: News about MatchData#named_captures. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53863 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-02-18 00:29:18 -05:00			`* MatchData`

			`* MatchData#named_captures [Feature #11999]`

* ChangeLog, NEWS: added. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53292 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2015-12-24 12:25:26 -05:00			`=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)`

* NEWS: mention about CSV's liberal_parsing option. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53406 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-01-01 08:02:56 -05:00			`* CSV`
			`* Add a liberal_parsing option. [Feature #11839]`

optparse.rb: into kwdarg * lib/optparse.rb (OptionParser#order!): add `into` optional keyword argument to store the results. [Feature #11191] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53444 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-01-06 03:23:10 -05:00			`* optparse`
			`* Add an into option. [Feature #11191]`

* ChangeLog, NEWS: added. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53292 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2015-12-24 12:25:26 -05:00			`=== Stdlib compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)`

			`=== Built-in global variables compatibility issues`

			`=== C API updates`

version.c: no exit in ruby_show_copyright * include/ruby/backward.h (ruby_show_copyright_to_die): for source code backward compatibility. * ruby.c (process_options): return Qtrue to exit the process successfully. * version.c (ruby_show_copyright): no longer exit. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53446 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2016-01-06 21:34:33 -05:00			`* ruby_show_version() will no longer exits the process, if`
			`RUBY_SHOW_COPYRIGHT_TO_DIE is set to 0. This will be the default in`
			`the future.`

* ChangeLog, NEWS: added. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@53292 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e 2015-12-24 12:25:26 -05:00			`=== Supported platform changes`

			`=== Implementation improvements`