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Change Log: 2.008

previous version: 2.007 – next version: 2.009

Download D 2.008
released Nov 27, 2007

New/Changed Features

std.string: Made munch more general and added function chompPrefix.
std.variant: Added documentation for variantArray
std.traits: Added CommonType template, fixed isStaticArray.
std.bitarray: scheduled for deprecation
std.bitmanip: new module with the content of std.bitarray plus the bitfields, FloatRep, and DoubleRep templates
std.process: Made getpid visible in Linux builds
std.math: Made nextafter visible for all floating types. Added approxEqual template.
std.contracts: Added enforce signature taking an exception
std.conv: Made conv_error a template parameterized on the types being converted.
std.stdio: Cosmetic changes.
std.system: Cosmetic changes.
std.file: Fixed bug in function dirEntries.
std.random: Major addition of engines and distributions.
std.format: Added raw ('r') format specifier for writef*.
std.path: Added rel2abs (Linux version only).
std.algorithm: new module
std.typecons: new module
std.functional: new module
std.numeric: new module
Added const/invariant structs, classes and interfaces.
Added const and invariant to IsExpressions.
Added typeof(return) type specifier.
Changed the way coverage analysis is done so it is independent of order dependencies among modules.
Revamped const/invariant.

Bugs Fixed

Bugzilla 70: valgrind: Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) in elf_findstr
Bugzilla 71: valgrind: Invalid read of size 4 in elf_renumbersyms
Bugzilla 204: Error message on attempting to instantiate an abstract class needs to be improved
Bugzilla 1508: dmd/linux template symbol issues
Bugzilla 1651: .di file generated with -H switch does not translate function() arguments correctly
Bugzilla 1655: Internal error: ..\ztc\cgcod.c 1817
Bugzilla 1656: illegal declaration accepted
Bugzilla 1664: (1.23).stringof generates bad code
Bugzilla 1665: Internal error: ..\ztc\cod2.c 411

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