1.7.0

Released on 2018-07-25

Changes

Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Calendar.ISO
Description: Support negative dates in `Calendar.ISO`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Calendar
Description: Add `Calendar.months_in_year/1` callback
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Add `Code.compile_file/2` that compiles files without leaving footprints on the system
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Add `Code.purge_compiler_modules/0` that purges any compiler module left behind. This is useful for live systems dynamically compiling code
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Add `Code.fetch_docs/1` that returns docs in the [EEP 48](http://erlang.org/eep/eeps/eep-0048.html) format
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Date
Description: Add `Date.months_in_year/1` function
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: DynamicSupervisor
Description: Use the name of the `DynamicSupervisor` as the ID whenever possible
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Exception
Description: Provide "did you mean" suggestions on KeyError
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Exception
Description: Provide more information on ArithmeticError on Erlang/OTP 21+
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Function
Description: Add `Function` module with `capture/3`, `info/1` and `info/2` functions
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: GenServer
Description: Support the new `handle_continue/2` callback on Erlang/OTP 21+
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: IO.ANSI
Description: Add cursor movement to `IO.ANSI`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Support adding arbitrary documentation metadata by passing a keyword list to `@doc`, `@moduledoc` and `@typedoc`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Introduce `__STACKTRACE__` to retrieve the current stacktrace inside `catch`/`rescue` (this will be a requirement for Erlang/OTP 21+)
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Raise on unsafe variables in order to allow us to better track unused variables (also known as imperative assignment / variable leakage)
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn when using `length` to check if a list is not empty on guards
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Add hints on mismatched `do`/`end` and others pairs
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn when comparing structs using the `>`, `<`, `>=` and `<=` operators
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn on unsupported nested comparisons such as `x < y < z`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn if redefining documentation across clauses of the same definition
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn on unnecessary quotes around atoms, keywords and calls
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Macro
Description: Add `Macro.special_form?/2` and `Macro.operator?/2` that returns `true` if the given name/arity is a special form or operator respectively
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Macro.Env
Description: Add `Macro.Env.vars/1` and `Macro.Env.has_var?/2` that gives access to environment data without accessing private fields
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Regex
Description: Include endianness in the regex version. This allows regexes to be recompiled when an archive is installed in a system with a different endianness
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Registry
Description: Add `Registry.count/1` and `Registry.count_match/4`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: String
Description: Update to Unicode 11
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: StringIO
Description: Add `StringIO.open/3`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: System
Description: Use ISO 8601 in `System.build_info/0`
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Assertion
Description: Print the arguments in error reports when asserting on a function call. For example, if `assert is_list(arg)` fails, the argument will be shown in the report
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Diff
Description: Improve diffing of lists when one list is a subset of the other
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.DocTest
Description: Show colored diffs on failed doctests
Type: enhancement
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Formatter
Description: Excluded tests, via the `--exclude` and `--only` flags, are now shown as "Excluded" in reports. Tests skipped via `@tag :skip` are now exclusively shown as "Skipped" and in yellow
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Helpers
Description: Add `use_if_available/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Helpers
Description: Allow `force: true` option in `recompile/1`
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Helpers
Description: Add `:allocators` pane to `runtime_info/1`
Type: enhancement
Tool: IEx
Module: IEx.Helpers
Description: Show documentation metadata in `h/1` helpers
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: Ensure nil metadata is always pruned
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: Only evaluate Logger macro arguments when the message will be logged
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: Add `:compile_time_purge_matching` to purge logger calls that match certain compile time metadata, such as module names and application names
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: Log to `:stderr` if a backend fails and there are no other backends
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: Allow translators to return custom metadata
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: Return `:crash_reason`, `:initial_call` and `:registered_name` as metadata in crash reports coming from Erlang/OTP
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix archive.install
Description: Add support for the Hex organization via `--organization`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix archive.uninstall
Description: Support `--force` flag
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix compile
Description: Improve support for external build tools such as `rebar`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix deps
Description: Include `override: true` in rebar dependencies to make the behaviour closer to how rebar3 works (although diverged deps are still marked as diverged)
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix escript.install
Description: Add support for the Hex organization via `--organization`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix escript.uninstall
Description: Support `--force` flag
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix help
Description: Also list aliases
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix local
Description: Use ipv6 with auto fallback to ipv4 when downloading data
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix profile
Description: Allow all profiling tasks to run programatically
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix test
Description: Add `--failed` option that only runs previously failed tests
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: mix test
Description: Print coverage summary by default when the `--cover` flag is given
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: Mix.Project
Description: Add `Mix.Project.clear_deps_cache/0`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Mix
Module: Mix.Project
Description: Add `Mix.Project.config_mtime/0` that caches the config mtime values to avoid filesystem access
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: IO.ANSI.Docs
Description: Fix table column alignment when converting docs to ANSI escapes
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Ensure `string_to_quoted` returns error tuples instead of raising in certain constructs
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code.Formatter
Description: Consistently format keyword lists in function calls with and without parens
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code.Formatter
Description: Do not break after `->` when there are only comments and one-line clauses
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: File
Description: Allow the `:trim_bom` option to be used with `:encoding`
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Raise on unsafe variables as some of the code emitted with unsafe variables would not correctly propagate variables or would disable tail call optimization semantics
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Do not crash on dynamic sizes in binary generators with collectable into in comprehensions
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Do not crash on literals with non-unary size in binary generators with collectable into in comprehensions
Type: bugfix
Tool: Elixir
Module: Task
Description: Improve error reports and exit reasons for failed tasks on Erlang/OTP 20+
Type: bugfix
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Case
Description: Raise proper error if `@tag` and `@moduletag` are used before `use ExUnit.Case`
Type: bugfix
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.Case
Description: Raise proper error if `@describetag` is used outside of `describe/2` blocks
Type: bugfix
Tool: ExUnit
Module: ExUnit.DocTest
Description: Emit proper assertion error on doctests with invalid UTF-8
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix archive.install
Description: Fetch optional dependencies when installing an archive from Git/Hex
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix compile
Description: Properly track config files in umbrella projects and recompile when any relevant umbrella configuration changes
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix deps
Description: Ensure the same dependency from different SCMs are tagged as diverged when those SCMs are remote and non-remote
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix deps
Description: Ensure we re-run dependency resolution when overriding a skipped dep in umbrella
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix deps.compile
Description: Perform clean builds for dependencies on outdated locks to avoid old modules from affecting future compilation
Type: bugfix
Tool: Mix
Module: mix escript.install
Description: Fetch optional dependencies when installing an escript from Git/Hex
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Deprecate `Code.load_file/2` in favor of `Code.compile_file/2`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Deprecate `Code.loaded_files/0` in favor of `Code.required_files/0`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: Deprecate `Code.unload_files/1` in favor of `Code.unrequire_files/1`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Logger
Module: Logger
Description: `compile_time_purge_level` is deprecated in favor of `compile_time_purge_matching`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Code
Description: `Code.get_docs/2` is deprecated in favor of `Code.fetch_docs/1`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Enum
Description: `Enum.chunk/2/3/4` is deprecated in favor of `Enum.chunk_every/2/3/4` - notice `chunk_every` does not discard incomplete chunks by default
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: GenServer
Description: Warn if `super` is used in any of the GenServer callbacks
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: `not left in right` is ambiguous and is deprecated in favor of `left not in right`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Kernel
Description: Warn on confusing operator sequences, such as `1+++1` meaning `1 ++ +1` or `........` meaning `... .. ...`
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: OptionParser
Description: Deprecate dynamic option parser mode that depended on atoms to be previously loaded and therefore behaved inconsistently
Type: enhancement
Tool: Elixir
Module: Stream
Description: `Stream.chunk/2/3/4` is deprecated in favor of `Stream.chunk_every/2/3/4` - notice `chunk_every` does not discard incomplete chunks by default