NEWS: some improvements and additions #17585
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| @@ -68,7 +60,8 @@ Language changes | |||
| * `using` and `import` are now case-sensitive even on case-insensitive filesystems | |||
| (common on Mac and Windows) ([#13542]). | |||
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| * Relational symbols are now allowed as infix operators ([#8036]). | |||
| * Relational algebra symbols are now allowed as infix operators ([#8036]): | |||
| `⨝`, `⟕`, `⟖`, `⟗` a for joins and `▷` for anti-join. | |||
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"a" extraneous in "a for"?
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NEWS also needed for #16024 |
| `utf32` converter functions have been removed from the standard library. | ||
| If you need these types, they have been moved to the `LegacyStrings` | ||
| package. In the future, more robust Unicode string support will be provided | ||
| by the `StringEncodings` package. If you only need these types to call wide |
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Would be nice if the referenced packages were linked to.
* miscellaneous copy improvements * note that open now respects umask on UNIX * note deprecation of integer-character comparisons [ci skip]
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| * A `transcode(T, src)` function is now exported for converting data | |||
| between UTF-xx Unicode encodings ([#17323]). | |||
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| * Comparisons between `Char`s and `Integer`s are now deprecated ([#16024]): | |||
| `'x' == 120` now produces a warning but still evaluates to `true`. In the | |||
| future it may evalaute to `false` or the comparison may be an error. To | |||
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