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author | pmichaud <pmichaud@pobox.com> | 2012-09-29 10:29:12 -0500 |
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committer | pmichaud <pmichaud@pobox.com> | 2012-09-29 10:29:12 -0500 |
commit | fce2bfa573f7340c0d1feb1a96fb5b0fb082a9da (patch) | |
tree | 6b84dd51d51459e2eb70b8a2bf365841557311be /docs/announce/2012.09 | |
parent | 82e4f1612674bde7dc39150d38e30784c3ade111 (diff) |
Update release announcement with 2012.09.1 compiler release information.
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/announce/2012.09 b/docs/announce/2012.09 index 86e5694..94a8770 100644 --- a/docs/announce/2012.09 +++ b/docs/announce/2012.09 @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ the downloads area shortly after the tarball release. In the Perl 6 world, we make a distinction between the language ("Perl 6") and specific implementations of the language such as -"Rakudo Perl". This Star release includes release 2012.09 [0] of the -Rakudo Perl 6 compiler [1], version 4.8 of the Parrot Virtual +"Rakudo Perl". This Star release includes release 2012.09.1 [0] of the +Rakudo Perl 6 compiler [1], version 4.6.0 of the Parrot Virtual Machine [2], and various modules, documentation, and other resources collected from the Perl 6 community. @@ -22,15 +22,20 @@ Some of the new features added to this release include: * Indirect type names in routine and type declarations are supported. -* We now support the "is export" trait on constant declarations. +* We support the "is export" trait on constant declarations. -* Str.wordcase is now implemented. +* The "is hidden" and base traits are supported. -* Compilation is now slightly faster than before. +* Str.wordcase, is-prime, and expmod are implemented. -* Tie-breaking with constraints now selects the first matching +* Compilation is slightly faster than before. + +* Tie-breaking with constraints selects the first matching constraint rather than demanding mutual exclusion. +* Smart matching against Signature literals, and binding to Signatures + in declarators. + This release also contains a range of bug fixes, improvements to error reporting and better failure modes. More exceptions are thrown as typed exceptions, and more meta-model errors have been fixed to properly |