[dmd-internals] next release

[David Simcha]

I think I've just found a showstopper bug, but I'm still working on
producing a reduced test case.  Will keep you guys posted.

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Brad Roberts <braddr at puremagic.com> wrote:

> What's the state of the union?  Er.. code base?
>
> IMHO, it's about time to consider cutting the next release.  Who has
> opinions on what's unfinished that they believe needs to be in it?
>
> Here's the current changelog for the trunk (probably needs to be validated
> with some of the fixes having to be reverted):
>
>    $(WHATSNEW
>        $(LI std.algorithm:  reduce now works with non-range-based
> iteration, such as opApply.)
>        $(LI std.numeric:  Added FFT.)
>        $(LI std.process: Added environment, an AA-like interface for
> environment variables.)
>        $(LI std.range:  Iota, Stride, Transversal, FrontTransveral now
> support slicing where possible.)
>        $(LI std.range:  Added Lockstep, hasLvalueElements.)
>        $(LI std.range:  Added virtual function-based wrappers
> (InputRangeObject, OutputRangeObject) for when a binary interface to a range
> is required.)
>        $(LI std.typecons:  Added convenience functions for Rebindable.)
>        $(L1 std.traits:  Added isAssignable, isIterable, ForeachType,
> isSafe, isUnsafe, EnumMembers.)
>        $(L1 std.traits:  hasLocalAliasing, hasLocalObjects and
> hasLocalRawAliasing are now hasUnsharedAliasing, hasUnsharedObjects and
> hasUnsharedRawAliasing.  Aliases to the old names are included for now for
> backwards compatibility.)
>        $(LI std.typetuple:  Added anySatisfy.)
>        $(LI $(LINK2 phobos/std_stopwatch.html,std.swopwatch):  Added
> StopWatch, Ticks, systime, apptime, comparingBenchmark, measureTime.)
>    )
>    $(BUGSFIXED
>        $(LI Unlisted Bug:  std.math.pow doesn't work on immutable numbers.)
>        $(LI Unlisted Bug:  std.math.pow floating point overload expects
> both arguments to be exact same type.)
>        $(LI Unlisted Bug:  std.path.join("", "foo") returns "/foo" instead
> of "foo" on Posix.)
>        $(LI Unlisted Bug:  std.range.iota() random access primitives
> inconsistent after popFront on floating point version)
>        $(LI Several unlisted bugs in std.range.chain)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 2903): Splitter should be bi-dir if the input range
> is bi-dir.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 2951): std.random.dice() should be templated on
> proportions.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 2958): std.getopt RangeError on missing arg)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3123): std.algorithm.zip fails on 'lazy' ranges)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3294): forward reference to inferred return type of
> function call)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3312): std.string.count should use const(char)[],
> not immutable.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3348): Documentation for many std.process functions
> has disappeared)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3361): code in std.zlib concatenates void[] arrays )
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3877): std.range.chain do not manage infinite ranges
> correctly)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3894): std.range.Stride!R requires R.front() and
> R.back() to return by reference)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 3946): schwartzSort - SwapStrategy always unstable)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4402): std.range.Zip doesn't work w/ non-lvalue
> ranges.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4408): Ambiguity when using std.algorithm.splitter
> with generic ranges.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4292): CommonType fails for singular alias value.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4345): std.range.take!string: "Nonsensical finite
> range with slicing but no length".)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4345): More flexible std.array.array.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4363): Some phobos ranges are not forward ranges
> (but should be).)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4381): Length attribute for std.typecons.Tuple.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4387): std.range.Cycle assumes lvalue elements.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4388): std.range.Radial assumes lvalue elements.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4403): std.range.FrontTransversal assumes lvalue
> elements.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4404): std.range.Transversal assumes lvalue
> elements.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4455): Taking the sqrt of an integer shouldn't
> require an explicit cast.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4464): std.range.take does not always return
> Take!R.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4518): to!string(enum w/invalid value) produces a
> somewhat unhelpful error)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4603): array(iota(1, 0)) error.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4643): Shared values are unwritable.)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4700): to!float("0") fails)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4748): Shadowing declaration error in
> std.string.tolower)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4789): std.algorithm.sort bug)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4810): dotProduct problem with ints)
>        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 4834): Implicit sharing via delegates in
> std.concurrency)
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