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# Change Log: 2.008

Download D 2.008
released Nov 27, 2007

#### New/Changed Features

- std.string: Made munch more general and added function chompPrefix.
- std.variant: Added documentation for variantArray
- std.traits: Added CommonType template, fixed isStaticArray.
- std.bitarray: scheduled for deprecation
- std.bitmanip: new module with the content of std.bitarray plus the bitfields, FloatRep, and DoubleRep templates
- std.process: Made getpid visible in Linux builds
- std.math: Made nextafter visible for all floating types. Added approxEqual template.
- std.contracts: Added enforce signature taking an exception
- std.conv: Made conv_error a template parameterized on the types being converted.
- std.stdio: Cosmetic changes.
- std.system: Cosmetic changes.
- std.file: Fixed bug in function dirEntries.
- std.random: Major addition of engines and distributions.
- std.format: Added raw ('r') format specifier for writef*.
- std.path: Added rel2abs (Linux version only).
- std.algorithm: new module
- std.typecons: new module
- std.functional: new module
- std.numeric: new module
- Added const/invariant structs, classes and interfaces.
- Added const and invariant to IsExpressions.
- Added typeof(return) type specifier.
- Changed the way coverage analysis is done so it is independent of order dependencies among modules.
- Revamped const/invariant.

#### Bugs Fixed

- Bugzilla 70: valgrind: Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) in elf_findstr
- Bugzilla 71: valgrind: Invalid read of size 4 in elf_renumbersyms
- Bugzilla 204: Error message on attempting to instantiate an abstract class needs to be improved
- Bugzilla 1508: dmd/linux template symbol issues
- Bugzilla 1651: .di file generated with -H switch does not translate function() arguments correctly
- Bugzilla 1655: Internal error: ..\ztc\cgcod.c 1817
- Bugzilla 1656: illegal declaration accepted
- Bugzilla 1664: (1.23).stringof generates bad code
- Bugzilla 1665: Internal error: ..\ztc\cod2.c 411

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