Thanx Alex. Are these release notes kept somewhere in the Github repo? I looked at changes.md but that's still 1.5.1 and couldn't see any obvious new document for 1.6 Alpha 1...?
Sean On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Alex Miller <a...@puredanger.com> wrote: > Clojure 1.6.0-alpha1 is now available. > > Try it via > - Download: > http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/clojure/clojure/1.6.0-alpha1/ > - Leiningen: [org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0-alpha1"] > > A list of tickets included is below. Please note that CLJ-1252 introduces a > breaking change such that keywords beginning with a digit are no longer > considered valid by the reader. This has caused some failures in java.jdbc > and other contrib libs and has already been rolled back for alpha2. > > Please try it and reply to this post (or email alex.mil...@cognitect.com) > with feedback on breakage, performance, or other concerns. > > # CONTENTS > > ## 1 Deprecated and Removed Features > > None. > > ## 2 New and Improved Features > > ### 2.1 Java API > > The clojure.api package provides a minimal interface to bootstrap Clojure > access from other JVM languages. It does this by providing: > 1. The ability to use Clojure's namespaces to locate an arbitrary var, > returning the var's clojure.lang.IFn interface. > 2. A convenience method read for reading data using Clojure's edn reader > > IFns provide complete access to Clojure's APIs. You can also access any > other library written in Clojure, after adding either its source or compiled > form to the classpath. > > The public Java API for Clojure consists of the following classes and > interfaces: > * clojure.api.API > * clojure.lang.IFn > > All other Java classes should be treated as implementation details, and > applications should avoid relying on them. > > To lookup and call a Clojure function: > > IFn plus = API.var("clojure.core", "+"); > plus.invoke(1, 2); > > Functions in clojure.core are automatically loaded. Other namespaces can be > loaded via require: > > IFn require = API.var("clojure.core", "require"); > require.invoke(API.read("clojure.set")); > > IFns can be passed to higher order functions, e.g. the example below passes > plus to read: > > IFn map = API.var("clojure.core", "map"); > IFn inc = API.var("clojure.core", "inc"); > map.invoke(inc, API.read("[1 2 3]")); > > Most IFns in Clojure refer to functions. A few, however, refer to > non-function data values. To access these, use deref instead of fn: > > IFn printLength = API.var("clojure.core", "*print-length*"); > API.var("clojure.core", "deref").invoke(printLength); > > ### 2.2 JDK and Dependency Version Updates > > Clojure now builds with Java SE 1.6 and emits bytecode requiring Java SE 1.6 > instead of Java SE 1.5. [CLJ-1268] > > ### 2.3 Printing > > * [CLJ-908](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-908) > Print metadata for functions when *print-meta* is true and remove errant > space at beginning. > * [CLJ-937](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-937) > pprint cl-format now supports E, F, and G formats for ratios. > > ### 2.4 Other improvements > > * [CLJ-908](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-908) > Make *default-data-reader-fn* set!-able in REPL, similar to > *data-readers*. > * [CLJ-783](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-783) > Make clojure.inspector/inspect-tree work on sets. > * [CLJ-896](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-896) > Make browse-url aware of xdg-open. > * [CLJ-1160](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1160) > Fix clojure.core.reducers/mapcat does not stop on reduced? values. > * [CLJ-1121](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1121) > -> and ->> have been rewritten to work with a broader set of macros. > > ## 3 Improved error messages > > * [CLJ-1099](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1099) > If non-seq passed where seq is needed, error message now is an > ExceptionInfo with the instance value, retrievable via ex-data. > * [CLJ-1083](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1083) > Fix error message reporting for "munged" function names (like a->b). > * [CLJ-1056](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1056) > Handle more cases and improve error message for errors in defprotocol > definnitions. > * [CLJ-1102](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1102) > Better handling of exceptions with empty stack traces. > > ## 4 Improved documentation strings > > * [CLJ-1164](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1164) > Fix typos in clojure.instant/validated and other internal instant > functions. > * [CLJ-1143](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1143) > Correct doc string for ns macro. > * [CLJ-196](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-196) > Clarify value of *file* is undefined in the REPL. > * [CLJ-1228](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1228) > Fix a number of spelling errors in namespace and doc strings. > * [CLJ-835](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-835) > Update defmulti doc to clarify expectations for hierarchy argument. > > ## 5 Bug Fixes > > * [CLJ-1018](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1018) > Make range consistently return () with a step of 0. > * [CLJ-863](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-863) > Make interleave return () on 0 args and identity on 1 args. > * [CLJ-1072](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1072) > Update internal usages of the old metadata reader syntax to new syntax. > * [CLJ-1193](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1193) > Make bigint and biginteger functions work on double values outside long > range. > * [CLJ-1154](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1154) > Make Compile.java flush but not close stdout so errors can be reported. > * [CLJ-1161](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1161) > Remove bad version.properties from sources jar. > * [CLJ-1175](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1175) > Fix invalid behavior of Delay/deref if an exception is thrown - exception > will now be rethrown on subsequent calls and not enter a corrupted state. > * [CLJ-1171](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1171) > Fix several issues with instance? to make it consistent when used with > apply. > * [CLJ-1202](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1202) > Protocol fns with dashes may get incorrectly compiled into field accesses. > * [CLJ-850](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-850) > Add check to emit invokePrim with return type of double or long if > type-hinted. > * [CLJ-1177](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1177) > clojure.java.io URL to File coercion corrupts path containing UTF-8 > characters. > * [CLJ-1234](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1234) > Accept whitespace in Record and Type reader forms (similar to data > literals). > * [CLJ-1233](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1233) > Allow ** as a valid symbol name without triggering dynamic warnings. > * [CLJ-1246](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1246) > Add support to clojure.reflect for classes with annotations. > * [CLJ-1252](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1252) > Clojure reader incorrectly accepts keywords that start with a number. > * [CLJ-1184](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1184) > Evaling #{do ...} or [do ...] is treated as do special form. > * [CLJ-1125](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1125) > Clojure can leak memory in a servlet container when using dynamic bindings > or STM transactions. > * [CLJ-1090](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1090) > Indirect function calls through Var instances fail to clear locals. > * [CLJ-1076](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1076) > pprint tests fail on Windows, expecting \n. > * [CLJ-766](http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-766) > Make into-array work consistently with short-array and byte-array on > bigger types. > > ## 6 Compatibility Notes > > * [CLJ-1252] - The reader no longer accepts keyword literals beginning with > a digit. > NOTE: this is a breaking change and has already been rolled back for alpha2. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ "Perfection is the enemy of the good." -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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