Elixir v1.13.0-dev
Elixir

Changelog for Elixir v1.13

v1.13.0-dev

1. Enhancements

EEx

Elixir

  • [Code] Add Code.string_to_quoted_with_comments/2 and Code.quoted_to_algebra/2
  • [Code] Add more :token_metadata to aliases and remote calls when parsing strings
  • [Exception] Better format Elixir exceptions in Erlang
  • [Inspect] Allow default inspect fun to be set globally with Inspect.Opts.default_inspect_fun/1
  • [Kernel] Make get_in consistently abort when nil values are found
  • [Kernel] Improve compilation times by reducing the amount of copies of the AST across compiler processes
  • [Kernel] Warn when ?\ is used and there is no need for a escape character
  • [Kernel] Track structs in typespecs as export deps instead of compile-time deps

ExUnit

IEx

  • [IEx.Autocomplete] Add path autocompletion whenever when the cursor follows "./ or "/ or "DRIVER: where DRIVER is a single letter

Logger

Mix

  • [mix archive.install] Run loadconfig before building archive
  • [mix compile] Move Elixir version check to before deps are compiled, in order to give feedback earlier
  • [mix escript.install] Run loadconfig before building escript
  • [mix rebar] No longer support sub_dirs in Rebar 2 to help migration towards Rebar 3
  • [mix test] Support --profile-require=time to profile the time loading test files themselves
  • [mix test] Allow filtering modules from coverage using regex
  • [mix xref] Support multiple sinks and sources in mix xref graph
  • [mix xref] Add --fail-above option to mix xref
  • [mix xref] Add --label compile-connected to mix xref
  • [mix xref] Add --label compile-direct to mix xref (instead of --only-direct)

2. Bug fixes

Elixir

  • [Kernel] Improve error message on invalid argument for byte_size from binary concat
  • [Kernel] Raise when aliasing non-Elixir modules without :as
  • [Kernel] Allow unquote_splicing inside %{...} without parens
  • [Kernel] Ensure that waiting on a struct expansion inside a typespec is correctly tracked as waiting time in the compiler
  • [OptionParser] Validate switch types/modifiers early on to give more precise feedback
  • [Protocol] Add defdelegate to the list of unallowed macros inside protocols as protocols do not allow function definitions
  • [Protocol] Warn if @callback, @macrocallback and @optional_callbacks are defined inside protocol

ExUnit

  • [ExUnit] Invalidate a module's tests in ExUnit.run/0 results if that module's setup_all fails
  • [ExUnit] Fix count in formatter if a module's setup_all fails

Mix

  • [mix deps] Raise if local dep is unavailable while compiling
  • [mix local.install] Do not respect MIX_DEPS_PATH for install commands
  • [Mix.Shell] Add default option to Mix.Shell.yes?

3. Soft-deprecations (no warnings emitted)

4. Hard-deprecations

Elixir

Mix

  • [mix escript.build] :strip_beam option is deprecated in favor of :strip_beams
  • [Mix.Config] Mix.Config is deprecated in favor of Config module

v1.12

The CHANGELOG for v1.12 releases can be found in the v1.12 branch.