elvish/NEXT-RELEASE.md
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This is the draft release notes for 0.15.0, scheduled to be released on
2021-01-01.
# Breaking changes
- Builtin functions and subnamespaces of `edit:` are now read-only.
- Introspection for rest arguments has changed:
- The rest argument is now contained in the `arg-names` field of a
closure.
- The `rest-arg` field now contains the index of the rest argument,
instead of the name.
- The `-source` command now runs in a temporary namespace and can no longer
affect the local scope of its caller.
- Key modifiers are no longer case insensitive. For example, `Alt` is still
recognized but `alt` is not. This makes key modifier parsing consistent with
key names. See [#1163](https://b.elv.sh/1163).
# Deprecated features
The following deprecated features trigger a warning whenever the code is parsed
or compiled, even if it is not executed:
- The `chr` command is now deprecated. Use `str:from-codepoints` instead.
- The `ord` command is now deprecated. Use `str:to-codepoints` instead.
- The `has-prefix` command is now deprecated. Use `str:has-prefix` instead.
- The `has-suffix` command is now deprecated. Use `str:has-suffix` instead.
- The `-source` command is now deprecated. Use `eval` instead.
- The undocumented `esleep` command is now deprecated. Use `sleep` instead.
The following deprecated features trigger a warning when the code is evaluated:
- Using `:` in slice indices is deprecated. Use `..` instead.
# Notable new features
New features in the language:
- Slice indices can now use `..` for left-closed, right-open ranges, and `..=`
for closed ranges.
- Rest variables and rest arguments are no longer restricted to the last
variable.
New features in the standard library:
- A new `eval` command supports evaluating a dynamic piece of code in a
restricted namespace.
- A new `sleep` command.
New features in the interactive editor:
- SGR escape sequences written from the prompt callback are now supported.
New features in the main program:
- When using `-compileonly` to check Elvish sources that contain parse errors,
Elvish will still try to compile the source code and print out compilation
errors.
# Notable bugfixes
- Using large lists that contain `$nil` no longer crashes Elvish.