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doc: Add some stuff to RELEASES.txt for 0.5. rs=doc-only
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* ~700 changes, numerous bugfixes
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* Language
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* Traits may inherit from other traits
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* Traits may declare default methods for the impls to use
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* More support for explicit self arguments in methods - `self`, `&self`
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`@self`, and `~self` all generally work as expected
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* Static methods improved to work in more situations
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* Syntax changes
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* Removed `<-` move operator
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* Completed the transition from the `#fmt` extension syntax to `fmt!`
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* Removed old fixed length vector syntax - `[T]/N`
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* Item macros
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* Remove `<-` move operator
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* New token-based quasi-quoter, `quote!`
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* Macros may now expand to items
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* `a.b()` is always parsed as a method call, never as a field projection
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* `Eq` and `IterBytes` implementations can be automatically generated
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with `#[deriving_eq]` and `#[deriving_iter_bytes]` respectively
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* Removed the special crate language for `.rc` files
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* Semantic changes
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* `&` and `~` pointers may point to objects
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* Tuple structs - `struct Foo(Bar, Baz)`. Will replace newtype enums.
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* Eq impls can be derived with #[deriving_eq]
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* IterBytes impls can be derived with #[deriving_iter_bytes]
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* Enum variants may be structs
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* Destructors can be added to all nominal types with the Drop trait
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* Removed the special crate language for .rc files
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* New token-based quasi-quoter, `quote!`
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* More things can be constants now, including structs and
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nullary enum variants
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* Structs and nullary enum variants may be constants
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* Values that cannot be implicitly copied are now automatically moved
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without writing `move` explicitly
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* `&T` may now be coerced to `*T`
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* Coercions happen in `let` statements as well as function calls
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* Improved support for language features
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* Trait inheritance is much more complete
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* Traits may declare default methods for the implementations to use
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* More support for explicit self arguments in methods - `self`, `&self`
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`@self`, and `~self` all generally work as expected
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* Static methods work in more situations
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* Libraries
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* New condition handling system in core::condition
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* Timsort added to std::sort
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* New condition handling system in `core::condition`
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* Timsort added to `std::sort`
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* Serialization overhauled to be trait-based
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* Expanded getopts definitions
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* Moved futures to std
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* Expanded `getopts` definitions
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* Moved futures to `std`
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* More functions are pure now
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* Tools
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* Added a new, but still immature, REPL, rusti
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* rustdoc and cargo are libraries now
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* Added a new (still immature) REPL, `rusti`
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* `rustdoc` and `cargo` are libraries now
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Version 0.4 (October 2012)
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