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AUTHORS.txt

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Aydin Kim <[email protected]>
 auREAX <[email protected]>
 Ben Alpert <[email protected]>
 Ben Blum <[email protected]>
+Ben Kelly <[email protected]>
 Ben Striegel <[email protected]>
 Benjamin Herr <[email protected]>
 Benjamin Jackman <[email protected]>
@@ -44,9 +45,12 @@ Daniel Brooks <[email protected]>
 Daniel Luz <[email protected]>
 Daniel Micay <[email protected]>
 Daniel Patterson <[email protected]>
+Daniel Ursache Dogariu <[email protected]>
 Dave Herman <[email protected]>
 David Forsythe <[email protected]>
+David Klein <[email protected]>
 David Rajchenbach-Teller <[email protected]>
+Dimitri Krassovski <[email protected]>
 Donovan Preston <[email protected]>
 Drew Willcoxon <[email protected]>
 Elliott Slaughter <[email protected]>
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ Gonçalo Cabrita <[email protected]>
 Graham Fawcett <[email protected]>
 Grahame Bowland <[email protected]>
 Haitao Li <[email protected]>
+hansjorg <[email protected]>
 Huon Wilson <[email protected]>
 Ian D. Bollinger <[email protected]>
 Ilyong Cho <[email protected]>
@@ -80,11 +85,14 @@ Jeff Balogh <[email protected]>
 Jeff Muizelaar <[email protected]>
 Jeff Olson <[email protected]>
 Jeffrey Yasskin <[email protected]>
+Jeong YunWon <[email protected]>
 Jens Nockert <[email protected]>
 Jesse Jones <[email protected]>
 Jesse Ruderman <[email protected]>
+Jihyun Yu <[email protected]>
 Jim Blandy <[email protected]>
 Jimmy Lu <[email protected]>
+J. J. Weber <[email protected]>
 Joe Pletcher <[email protected]>
 John Clements <[email protected]>
 Jon Morton <[email protected]>
@@ -99,6 +107,7 @@ Kevin Atkinson <[email protected]>
 Kevin Cantu <[email protected]>
 Kyeongwoon Lee <[email protected]>
 Laurent Bonnans <[email protected]>
+Lawrence Velázquez <[email protected]>
 Lennart Kudling <[email protected]>
 Lindsey Kuper <[email protected]>
 Luca Bruno <[email protected]>
@@ -112,7 +121,9 @@ Mark Vian <[email protected]>
 Martin DeMello <[email protected]>
 Marvin Löbel <[email protected]>
 Matt Brubeck <[email protected]>
+Matthew McPherrin <[email protected]>
 Matthew O'Connor <[email protected]>
+Matthijs Hofstra <[email protected]>
 Max Penet <[email protected]>
 Michael Arntzenius <[email protected]>
 Michael Bebenita <[email protected]>
@@ -121,6 +132,7 @@ Michael Sullivan <[email protected]>
 Mikko Perttunen <[email protected]>
 Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
 Niko Matsakis <[email protected]>
+Olivier Saut <[email protected]>
 Or Brostovski <[email protected]>
 Orphée Lafond-Lummis <[email protected]>
 Patrick Walton <[email protected]>
@@ -140,14 +152,17 @@ Roy Frostig <[email protected]>
 Ryan Scheel <[email protected]>
 Sean Stangl <[email protected]>
 Sebastian N. Fernandez <[email protected]>
+Seth Pink <[email protected]>
 Seo Sanghyeon <[email protected]>
+sevrak <[email protected]>
 Simon Barber-Dueck <[email protected]>
 Simon Sapin <[email protected]>
 startling <[email protected]>
 Stefan Plantikow <[email protected]>
 Steve Klabnik <[email protected]>
 Taras Shpot <[email protected]>
 Ted Horst <[email protected]>
+Thad Guidry <[email protected]>
 Tim Chevalier <[email protected]>
 Tim Taubert <[email protected]>
 Tom Lee <[email protected]>
@@ -161,5 +176,6 @@ Vincent Belliard <[email protected]>
 Wade Mealing <[email protected]>
 William Ting <[email protected]>
 Yasuhiro Fujii <[email protected]>
+Young-il Choi <[email protected]>
 Youngsoo Son <[email protected]>
 Zack Corr <[email protected]>

RELEASES.txt

@@ -1,28 +1,22 @@
 Version 0.6 (March 2013)
 ---------------------------
 
-   * ~2000 changes, numerous bugfixes
-
-   * TODO:
-      * Ord/Cmp
-      * Lifetime changes
-      * Remove `static` keyword
-      * Static method syntax
-      * `as Trait`
-      * `copy` removed, replaced with `Clone`?
-      * More details for "Name resolution continues to be tweaked"?
+   * ~2100 changes, numerous bugfixes
 
    * Syntax changes
       * The self type parameter in traits is now spelled `Self`
       * The `self` parameter in trait and impl methods must now be explicitly
         named (for example: `fn f(&self) { }`). Implicit self is deprecated.
+      * Static methods no longer require the `static` keyword and instead
+        are distinguished by the lack of a `self` parameter
       * Replaced the `Durable` trait with the `'static` lifetime
       * The old closure type syntax with the trailing sigil has been
         removed in favor of the more consistent leading sigil
       * `super` is a keyword, and may be prefixed to paths
       * Trait bounds are separated with `+` instead of whitespace
       * Traits are implemented with `impl Trait for Type`
         instead of `impl Type: Trait`
+      * Lifetime syntax is now `&'l foo` instead of `&l/foo`
       * The `export` keyword has finally been removed
       * The `move` keyword has been removed (see "Semantic changes")
       * The interior mutability qualifier on vectors, `[mut T]`, has been
@@ -41,9 +35,11 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013)
       * Pattern matching over vectors improved and expanded
       * `const` renamed to `static` to correspond to lifetime name,
         and make room for future `static mut` unsafe mutable globals.
-      * Replaced `#[deriving_eq]` with `#[deriving(Eq)]`
+      * Replaced `#[deriving_eq]` with `#[deriving(Eq)]`, etc.
       * `Clone` implementations can be automatically generated with
         `#[deriving(Clone)]`
+      * Casts to traits must use a pointer sigil, e.g. `@foo as @Bar`
+        instead of `foo as Bar`.
 
    * Semantic changes
       * Types with owned pointers or custom destructors move by default,
@@ -54,7 +50,11 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013)
       * () has size 0
       * The name of the main function can be customized using #[main]
       * The default type of an inferred closure is &fn instead of @fn
-      * Name resolution continues to be tweaked
+      * `use` statements may no longer be "chained" - they cannot import
+        identifiers imported by previous `use` statements
+      * `use` statements are crate relative, importing from the "top"
+        of the crate by default. Paths may be prefixed with `super::`
+        or `self::` to change the search behavior.
       * Method visibility is inherited from the implementation declaration
       * Structural records have been removed
       * Many more types can be used in static items, including enums
@@ -78,14 +78,15 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013)
       * `std::deque` and `std::smallintmap` reimplemented as owned containers
       * `core::trie` added as a fast ordered map for integer keys
       * Set types added to `core::hashmap`, `core::trie` and `std::treemap`
+      * `Ord` split into `Ord` and `TotalOrd`. `Ord` is still used to
+        overload the comparison operators, whereas `TotalOrd` is used
+        by certain container types
 
-   * Tools
+   * Other
       * Replaced the 'cargo' package manager with 'rustpkg'
       * Added all-purpose 'rust' tool
       * `rustc --test` now supports benchmarks with the `#[bench]` attribute
-      * rustc now attempts to offer spelling suggestions
-
-   * Misc
+      * rustc now *attempts* to offer spelling suggestions
       * Improved support for ARM and Android
       * Preliminary MIPS backend
       * Improved foreign function ABI implementation for x86, x86_64

src/libcore/gc.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+#[doc(hidden)];
+
 /*! Precise garbage collector
 
 The precise GC exposes two functions, gc and