diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 24ff925..3b57b8a 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ .. default-role:: code -Unreleased +0.15.0 ============================== Removals ------------------------------ -* Dotted lists, `HyCons`, `cons`, `cons?`, and `list*` have been removed. - These were redundant with Python's built-in data structures and Hy's most - common model types (`HyExpression`, `HyList`, etc.). +* Dotted lists, `HyCons`, `cons`, `cons?`, and `list*` have been + removed. These were redundant with Python's built-in data structures + and Hy's most common model types (`HyExpression`, `HyList`, etc.). * `&key` is no longer special in lambda lists. Use `&optional` instead. -* Tuple unpacking is no longer built into special forms for function - definition (`fn` etc.) -* Macros `ap-pipe` and `ap-compose` have been removed. - Anaphoric macros do not work well with point-free style programming, - in which case both threading macros and `comp` are more adequate. +* Lambda lists can no longer unpack tuples. +* `ap-pipe` and `ap-compose` have been removed. Use threading macros and + `comp` instead. * `for/a` has been removed. Use `(for [:async ...] ...)` instead. +* `(except)` is no longer allowed. Use `(except [])` instead. +* `(import [foo])` is no longer allowed. Use `(import foo)` instead. Other Breaking Changes ------------------------------ @@ -22,58 +22,57 @@ Other Breaking Changes This means you can no longer use alternative punctuation in place of square brackets in special forms (e.g. `(fn (x) ...)` instead of the standard `(fn [x] ...)`). -* Mangling rules have been overhauled, such that mangled names - are always legal Python identifiers -* `_` and `-` are now equivalent even as single-character names +* Mangling rules have been overhauled; now, mangled names are + always legal Python identifiers. +* `_` and `-` are now equivalent, even as single-character names. - * The REPL history variable `_` is now `*1` + * The REPL history variable `_` is now `*1`. * Non-shadow unary `=`, `is`, `<`, etc. now evaluate their argument - instead of ignoring it. This change increases consistency a bit - and makes accidental unary uses easier to notice. + instead of ignoring it. * `list-comp`, `set-comp`, `dict-comp`, and `genexpr` have been replaced by `lfor`, `sfor`, `dfor`, and `gfor`, respectively, which use a new syntax and have additional features. All Python comprehensions can now be written in Hy. -* `hy-repr` uses registered functions instead of methods -* `HyKeyword` no longer inherits from the string type and has been - made into its own object type. -* `HySymbol` no longer inherits from `HyString`. -* `(except)` is no longer allowed. Use `(except [])` instead. -* `(import [foo])` is no longer allowed. Use `(import foo)` instead. * `&`-parameters in lambda lists must now appear in the same order that Python expects. +* Literal keywords now evaluate to themselves, and `HyKeyword` no longer + inherits from a Python string type +* `HySymbol` no longer inherits from `HyString`. New Features ------------------------------ -* Python 3.7 is now supported -* Added `mangle` and `unmangle` as core functions -* More REPL history result variables: `*2`, `*3`. Added last REPL error - variable: `*e` -* `defclass` in Python 3 now supports specifying metaclasses and other - keyword arguments -* Added a command-line option `-E` per CPython -* `while` and `for` are allowed to have empty bodies -* `for` supports the various new clause types offered by `lfor` -* Added a new module ``hy.model_patterns`` -* `defmacro!` now allows optional args +* Python 3.7 is now supported. +* `while` and `for` are allowed to have empty bodies. +* `for` supports the various new clause types offered by `lfor`. +* `defclass` in Python 3 supports specifying metaclasses and other + keyword arguments. +* Added `mangle` and `unmangle` as core functions. +* Added more REPL history variables: `*2` and `*3`. +* Added a REPL variable holding the last exception: `*e`. +* Added a command-line option `-E` per CPython. +* Added a new module `hy.model_patterns`. Bug Fixes ------------------------------ * `hy2py` should now output legal Python code equivalent to the input Hy - code in all cases, modulo some outstanding bugs in `astor` -* Fix `(return)` so it works correctly to exit a Python 2 generator -* Fixed a case where `->` and `->>` duplicated an argument -* Fixed bugs that caused `defclass` to drop statements or crash -* Fixed a REPL crash caused by illegle unicode escape string inputs -* `NaN` can no longer create an infinite loop during macro-expansion -* Fixed a bug that caused `try` to drop expressions -* Fixed a bug where the compiler didn't properly compile `unquote-splice` -* Trying to import a dotted name is now a syntax error, as in Python + code in all cases. +* Fixed `(return)` so it can exit a Python 2 generator. +* Fixed a case where `->` and `->>` duplicated an argument. +* Fixed bugs that caused `defclass` to drop statements or crash. +* Fixed a REPL crash caused by illegal backslash escapes. +* `NaN` can no longer create an infinite loop during macro-expansion. +* Fixed a bug that caused `try` to drop expressions. +* The compiler now properly recognizes `unquote-splice`. +* Trying to import a dotted name is now a syntax error, as in Python. +* `defmacro!` now allows optional arguments. +* Fixed handling of variables that are bound multiple times in a single + `let`. Misc. Improvements ---------------------------- -* `hy-repr` supports more standard types +* `hy-repr` uses registered functions instead of methods. +* `hy-repr` supports more standard types. 0.14.0 ==============================