package core

Release v0.16.0

Changes that affect multiple modules:

• Replaced references to Caml with Stdlib.
• Added stable_witness values to many stable-version submodules.

• Added support for locally-allocated values.

  • Added [@local] to many function arguments, especially closures.
  • Added [@local_opt] to primitives, and exported more primitives explicitly.
  • Added deriving globalize to some types.

Changes to individual modules:

• Array: Added fold_map and fold_mapi.

• Bigstring:

  • Added get_head_padded_fixed_string_local, get_tail_padded_fixed_string_local, and write_bin_prot_known_size.
  • Updated documentation for unsafe_destroy.
• Binable: Removed deprecated functor aliases.
• Binary_searchable: Added S0_permissions signature.
• Bounded_index: Added zero_based_index and num_indexes.
• Byte_units: Add abs, sign, and neg.

• Command:

  • Moved to its own library. Still re-exported from Core.
  • Removed references to Core-dependent types.
  • No longer exports process-management functions.
  • Added Command.basic_or_error.
  • Added Arg_type.parse and Arg_type.autocomplete.
  • Added Flag.escape_with_autocomplete, Flag.no_arg_required, and Flag.no_arg_abort.
  • Removed deprecated function Flag.one_or_more.
  • Added Param.choose_one_non_optional, Param.optional_to_required, and Param.parse.

• Comparable:

  • Renamed Polymorphic_compare to Comparisons.
  • Added Stable.V1.With_stable_witness.Make.
• Container: Added S0_permissions and S1_with_creators_permissions.

• Date:

  • Document caveats for functions based on is_weekday or is_weekend.
  • Add round_forward_to_weekday, round_backward_to_weekday, round_forward_to_business_day, and round_backward_to_business_day.
  • Add Stable.V1.Option.to_int and Stable.V1.Option.of_int_exn.

• Day_of_week:

  • Add deriving sexp_grammar and typerep.
  • Add deriving sexp_grammar to Stable.V1.
• Doubly_linked: Add first_exn and last_exn.
• Filename: split out Filename_base library for parts not dependent on Core.
• Float: add Stable.V1.

• Gc:

  • Add Stat.add.
  • Add stat_size.
  • Remove prepare_heap_to_count_minor_allocation.
• Hashable: Add Stable.V1.With_stable_witness.
• Hashtbl: Add Make_stable and Make_stable_with_hashable.
• Hash_queue: Add to_alist, replace_or_enqueue, replace_or_enqueue_front, and replace_or_enqueue_back.
• Hash_set: Add Make_stable and Make_stable_with_hashable.
• Heap_block: Moved to its own Heap_block library.
• Identifiable: Add Make_plain_using_comparator.
• Indexed_container: Added this module. It exports S1_permissions and S1_with_creators_permissions, defined by analogy to the same names in Container.
• Info: Added Stable.V2.t_sexp_grammar.
• Int: Exported comparator_witness equivalence with Base.Int.

• Int63:

  • Exported comparator_witness equivalence with Base.Int.
  • Added Stable.V1.
• Lazy: Exported t_stable_witness.
• List: remove deprecated function stable_dedup.

• Map:

  • Removed creator/accessor signatures except *_generic versions.
  • Made t injective in all three type parameters.
  • Replaced references to comparator type with Comparator.Module.t.
  • Removed deprecated type alias comparator.
  • Reworded documentation on Tree types.
  • Added quickcheck_observer and quickcheck_shrinker to S_plain.
  • Added of_list_with_key, of_list_with_key_or_error, of_list_with_key_exn, of_list_with_key_multi, split_le_gt, split_lt_ge, and transpose_keys.
  • Added Make_applicative_traversals, providing mapi and filter_mapi that operate lazily inside an applicative.
  • Added Stable.V1.With_stable_witness.

• Maybe_bound:

  • Added deriving equal and hash to t, As_lower_bound.t, and As_upper_bound.t.

• Option:

  • Added deriving equal and hash to Stable.V1.

• Or_error:

  • Deprecated Expect_test_config_with_unit_expect, as [%expect] now always has type unit.

• Percent:

  • Addressed round-trippability via strings and sexps.

    • Added to_string_round_trippable.
    • Documented caveats about Stringable and Sexpable implementations.
    • Documented caveats on Stable.V1.
    • Added Stable.V2 based on t_of_sexp / sexp_of_t and documented caveats.
    • Added Stable.V3 as a fully round-trippable version.
    • Made similar updates to Option.Stable.
    • Documented caveats on Always_percentage.
    • Added Almost_round_trippable as a more human-readable format than Stable.V3.

  • Addressed precision issues.

    • Added *_slow_more_accurate versions of of_percentage, to_percentage, of_bp, and to_bp.
    • Documented caveats on the original versions.
  • Added t_sexp_grammar, one_hundred_percent.
• Pid: Added deriving quickcheck.
• Quickcheck: Updated implementation and documentation of geometric. Swapped argument order.
• Sequence: Added inlined records to Step.t.

• Set:

  • Removed creator/accessor signatures except *_generic versions.
  • Replaced references to comparator type with Comparator.Module.t.
  • Added comparator_s.
  • Updated documentation of split.
  • Added split_le_gt and split_lt_ge.
  • Added Stable.V1.With_Stable_Witness.

• Set_once:

  • Added documentation of equal semantics.
  • Added deriving compare and equal.
• Sexp: Added deriving equal and sexp_grammar to Stable.V1.t.

• String_id:

  • Documented shared bin shape for all modules created by Make.
  • Added Make_with_distinct_bin_shape.
• Time_float: Updated deprecation messages to mention Time_float_unix instead of Time_unix.

• Time_ns:

  • Added deriving equal and hash to Stable.V1.Ofday.
  • Added more of_int_* conversions to Span.
  • Added optional Random.State argument to Span.randomize.
  • Removed deprecated submodules from Stable.
  • Exported Option submodule.
  • Exported Stable submodule.
  • Exported V1, Option.V1, and Option.V2 from Span.Stable.
  • Added deriving hash, equal, and sexp_grammar to Span.Stable.V2.
• Tuple: Added T2.map_both and T3.map_all.
• Unit: Added Stable.V2 with zero-width bin-io.
• Univ_map: Moved to its own Univ_map library.
• Validated: Added S_allowing_substitution.