NEWS for Ruby 3.1.0¶ ↑

This document is a list of user visible feature changes since the 3.0.0 release, except for bug fixes.

Note that each entry is kept to a minimum, see links for details.

Language changes¶ ↑

• Pin operator now takes an expression. [Feature #17411]

  Prime.each_cons(2).lazy.find_all{_1 in [n, ^(n + 2)]}.take(3).to_a
  #=> [[3, 5], [5, 7], [11, 13]]
  

• Pin operator now supports instance, class, and global variables. [Feature #17724]

  @n = 5
  Prime.each_cons(2).lazy.find{_1 in [n, ^@n]}
  #=> [3, 5]
  

• One-line pattern matching is no longer experimental.

• Multiple assignment evaluation order has been made consistent with single assignment evaluation order. With single assignment, Ruby uses a left-to-right evaluation order. With this code:

  foo[0] = bar
  

The following evaluation order is used:

1. foo

2. bar

3. []= called on the result of foo

In Ruby before 3.1.0, multiple assignment did not follow this evaluation order. With this code:

```ruby
foo[0], bar.baz = a, b
```

Versions of Ruby before 3.1.0 would evaluate in the following order

1. a

2. b

3. foo

4. []= called on the result of foo

5. bar

6. baz= called on the result of bar

Starting in Ruby 3.1.0, evaluation order is now consistent with single assignment, with the left hand side being evaluated before the right hand side:

1. foo

2. bar

3. a

4. b

5. []= called on the result of foo

6. baz= called on the result of bar

[Bug #4443]

Command line options¶ ↑

Core classes updates¶ ↑

Outstanding ones only.

• Array

  • Array#intersect? is added. [Feature #15198]

• Enumerable

  • Enumerable#compact is added. [Feature #17312]

  • Enumerable#tally now accepts an optional hash to count. [Feature #17744]

• Enumerator::Lazy

  • Enumerator::Lazy#compact is added. [Feature #17312]

• File

  • File.dirname now accepts an optional argument for the level to strip path components. [Feature #12194]

• Integer

  • Integer.try_convert is added. [Feature #15211]

• Module

  • Module#prepend now modifies the ancestor chain if the receiver already includes the argument. Module#prepend still does not modify the ancestor chain if the receiver has already prepended the argument. [Bug #17423]

• Struct

  • Passing only keyword arguments to Struct#initialize is warned. You need to use a Hash literal to set a Hash to a first member. [Feature #16806]

  • StructClass#keyword_init? is added [[Feature #18008]]

• Queue

  • Queue#initialize now accepts an Enumerable of initial values. [Feature #17327]

• Thread

  • Thread#native_thread_id is added. [Feature #17853]

• Thread::Backtrace

  • Thread::Backtrace.limit, which returns the value to limit backtrace length set by --backtrace-limit command line option, is added. [Feature #17479]

• $LOAD_PATH

  • $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path does not raise. [Feature #16043]

• Fiber Scheduler

  • Add support for Addrinfo.getaddrinfo using address_resolve hook. [Feature #17370]

  • Introduce non-blocking Timeout.timeout using timeout_after hook. [Feature #17470]

  • IO hooks io_wait, io_read, io_write, receive the original IO object where possible. [Bug #18003]

  • Make Monitor fiber-safe. [Bug #17827]

  • Replace copy coroutine with pthread implementation. [Feature #18015]

Stdlib updates¶ ↑

Outstanding ones only.

Compatibility issues¶ ↑

Excluding feature bug fixes.

• rb_io_wait_readable, rb_io_wait_writable and rb_wait_for_single_fd are deprecated in favour of rb_io_maybe_wait_readable, rb_io_maybe_wait_writable and rb_io_maybe_wait respectively. rb_thread_wait_fd and rb_thread_fd_writable are deprecated. [Bug #18003]

Stdlib compatibility issues¶ ↑

• ERB#initialize warns safe_level and later arguments even without -w. [Feature #14256]

C API updates¶ ↑

Implementation improvements¶ ↑

JIT¶ ↑

• The default --jit-max-cache is changed from 100 to 10000.

• The JIT compiler no longer skips compilation of methods longer than 1000 instructions.

• RubyVM::MJIT is renamed to RubyVM::JIT. [Feature #17490]

Static analysis¶ ↑

RBS¶ ↑

TypeProf¶ ↑

Miscellaneous changes¶ ↑

• lib/objspace/trace.rb is added, which is a tool for tracing the object allocation. Just by requiring this file, tracing is started immediately. Just by Kernel#p, you can investigate where an object was created. Note that just requiring this file brings a large performance overhead. This is only for debugging purpose. Do not use this in production. [Feature #17762]

• Now exceptions raised in finalizers will be printed to STDERR, unless $VERBOSE is nil. [Feature #17798]