1.6.0

Released on 2018-01-17

Changes

Type: enhancement
Tool: EEx
Module: EEx
Description: Allow markers `/` and `|` to be used in a custom EEx engine
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Calendar
Description: Add truncate to `Time`, `DateTime` and `NaiveDateTime` to facilitate microsecond precision pruning
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Add `format_string!/2` and `format_file!/2` for automatic code formatting
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Support column annotations in quoted expressions with `columns: true` in `Code.string_to_quoted/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: DynamicSupervisor
Description: Add `DynamicSupervisor` designed to manage children that are added and removed dynamically
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Exception
Description: Make `Exception.blame/3` extensible by adding an optional `blame/2` callback to exceptions
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Exception
Description: Improve the printing of guards on blamed exceptions
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Enumerable
Description: Add `Enumerable.slice/1` and optimize many `Enum` operations with the new protocol. This allows data-structures with index-based random access to provide a non-linear implementation
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect
Description: Show UTF-8 BOM on inspected strings
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect.Algebra
Description: Add `:strict` and `:flex` breaks - this gives more control over the document fitting
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect.Algebra
Description: Allow a group to inherit the parent group break
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect.Algebra
Description: Add `force_unfit/1` and `next_break_fits/2` which give more control over document fitting
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect.Algebra
Description: Add `collapse_lines/1` for collapsing multiple lines to a maximum value
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect.Algebra
Description: Allow `nest/2` to be `:reset` or be set to the current `:cursor` position
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Prefix variables with V when emitting Erlang code. This improves the integration with tools such as Erlang code formatters and the GUI debugger
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn on the use of `length(x) == 0` in guards
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn if `catch` comes before `rescue` in try
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn if heredoc is outdented compared to its closing quotes
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Add `defguard/1` and `defguardp/1` to make it easier to build guard-safe macros
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel.ParallelCompiler
Description: Add `compile/2`, `compile_to_path/3` and `require/2` which provide detailed information about warnings and errors
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel.SpecialForms
Description: Support the `uniq: true` flag in `for` comprehensions
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Module
Description: Introduce `@deprecated` and `@since` attributes
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: List
Description: Rearrange equals and inserts for shorter diff scripts in `List.myers_difference/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Record
Description: Allow `:macros` and `:includes` to be given to `Record.extract/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Stream
Description: Add `Stream.intersperse/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: String
Description: Update to Unicode 10
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: String
Description: Allow passing empty string `match` to `String.replace/4`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: String
Description: Support context and language sensitive operations in `String.upcase/2` and `String.downcase/2`. Currently only the `:greek` context is supported
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: String
Description: Support `:ascii` conversion in `String.upcase/2` and `String.downcase/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Time
Description: Add `Time.add/3`
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Assertions
Description: Perform inclusive checks in `assert_in_delta`
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Callbacks
Description: Add `ExUnit.Callbacks.start_supervised!/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Case
Description: Generate a random seed per test based on the test suite seed
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Autocomplete
Description: Provide contextual autocompletion: `t Enum.` will autocomplete types, `b Enum` will autocomplete callbacks
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.CLI
Description: Provide hints for developers when a bad host name is given to `--remsh`
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Helpers
Description: Automatically include specs when showing documentation for functions/macros
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Helpers
Description: Improve formatting of behaviours and typespecs by using the formatter
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Helpers
Description: Allow pattern matching and guard expressions when on `IEx.break!`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: Add `:discard_threshold` to Logger to help with message queue overflow
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix app.start
Description: Add `--preload-modules` to `mix app.start`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix archive.build
Description: Allow `mix archive.build` to bundle dot files via an option
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix compile
Description: Define a behavior for Mix compiler tasks and return diagnostics from compiler tasks
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix compile
Description: Track struct dependencies between files and recompile them only if the struct changes
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix deps
Description: Support `:system_env` option when specifying dependencies
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix format
Description: Add a `mix format` task that formats the given files (or the files specified in a `.formatter.exs` file)
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix profile.eprof
Description: Add a new task for time-based profiling with eprof
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix test
Description: Run all functions in a describe block by giving the `file:line` the describe block starts
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix test
Description: Report the top N slowest tests with the `--slowest N` flag
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix test
Description: Report the number of doctests and tests separately
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix xref
Description: Support `--include-siblings` in reports for umbrella support
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix xref
Description: Add `mix xref graph --format stats`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix xref
Description: Add `--only-nodes` and `--label` filters to mix xref graph
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix xref
Description: Add `mix xref deprecated` that shows the callsite of deprecated functions
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: CLI
Description: Support path with spaces as argument to elixir.bat
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect
Description: Properly handle minus signal for non-decimal negative integers
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Integer
Description: Do not raise on non-integer values in `is_odd`/`is_even`
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Solve a precedence issue between `&` and `|`, such as `[&Foo.bar/1 | &Baz.bat/2]`
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Do not load dynamic Elixir modules as `:in_memory` as this value is not officially supported by the code server. Instead, use an empty list, which is the same value used by Erlang.
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Validate variable struct name is atom when used in pattern matching
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: No longer generate documentation for `defdelegate` functions automatically to avoid overriding previously specified `@doc`
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Macro
Description: Fix `Macro.to_string/2` for tuple calls, such as `alias Foo.{Bar, Baz}`
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: MapSet
Description: Return valid MapSet when unioning a legacy MapSet
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Regex
Description: Return a leading empty space when splitting on empty pattern. This makes the `split` operation consistent with the other operations in the `Regex` module
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Stream
Description: Ensure `Stream.chunk_while/4` does not emit more elements than necessary when halted
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: String
Description: Return a leading empty space when splitting on empty string. This makes the `split` operation consistent with the other operations in the `String` module
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: URI
Description: Preserve empty fragments in `URI.parse/1`
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix app.start
Description: Improve the quality of reports if app fails to boot
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix cmd
Description: Allow `mix cmd` to be invoked multiple times without marking it as executed
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix deps
Description: Ensure optional dependencies in umbrella applications are loaded
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix deps.update
Description: Ensure transitive new non-Hex dependencies are also fetched when a repo is updated
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix xref
Description: Take compile dependencies with higher priority than runtime ones when building a graph
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix xref
Description: Handle external files for xref callers and warnings
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: GenServer
Description: Warn if `init/1` is not defined in `GenServer`. This brings GenServer closer to the implementation in OTP and aligns all behaviours to require the `init/1` callback
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Inspect.Algebra
Description: `surround/3` and `surround_many/6` are deprecated in favor of `container_doc/6`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Specifying map types with variable keys without defining the type as required/optional is deprecated
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel.ParallelCompiler
Description: `files/2` and `files_to_path/3` are deprecated in favor of `compile/2` and `compile_to_path/3`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel.ParallelRequire
Description: `files/2` is deprecated in favor of `Kernel.ParallelCompiler.require/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Supervisor
Description: The `:simple_one_for_one` strategy is deprecated in favor of `DynamicSupervisor`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Supervisor
Description: Passing a list of args to `Supervisor.start_child/2` is deprecated in favor of `DynamicSupervisor`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Task.Supervisor
Description: Passing `:restart` and `:shutdown` to `Task.Supervisor.start_link/2` is deprecated (it should be passed on start child instead)
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Formatter
Description: `:case_started` and `:case_finished` events are deprecated in favor of `:module_started` and `:module_finished`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: Mix.Compilers.Erlang
Description: Returning `{:ok, val} | :error` from custom Erlang compilers is deprecated in favor of `{:ok, val, warnings} | {:error, errors, warnings}`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Enum
Description: `Enum.partition/2` is deprecated in favor of `Enum.split_with/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Keyword
Description: `Keyword.replace/3` is deprecated in favor of `Keyword.fetch/2` and `Keyword.put/3`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Map
Description: `Map.replace/3` is deprecated in favor of `Map.fetch/2` and `Map.put/3`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Macro
Description: `Macro.unescape_tokens/1` and `Macro.unescape_tokens/2` are deprecated in favor of `Enum.map/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Range
Description: Deprecate `Range.range?/1` in favor of pattern matching on `_ .. _`