Ruby 3.4.0 preview1 Released

Posted by naruse on 16 May 2024

We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 3.4.0-preview1.

Language changes

  • String literals in files without a frozen_string_literal comment now behave as if they were frozen. If they are mutated a deprecation warning is emitted. These warnings can be enabled with -W:deprecated or by setting Warning[:deprecated] = true. To disable this change, you can run Ruby with the --disable-frozen-string-literal command line argument. [Feature #20205]

  • it is added to reference a block parameter. [Feature #18980]

  • Keyword splatting nil when calling methods is now supported. **nil is treated similarly to **{}, passing no keywords, and not calling any conversion methods. [Bug #20064]

  • Block passing is no longer allowed in index. [Bug #19918]

  • Keyword arguments are no longer allowed in index. [Bug #20218]

Core classes updates

Note: We’re only listing outstanding class updates.

  • Exception

    • Exception#set_backtrace now accepts arrays of Thread::Backtrace::Location. Kernel#raise, Thread#raise and Fiber#raise also accept this new format. [Feature #13557]

  • Range

    • Range#size now raises TypeError if the range is not iterable. [Misc #18984]

Compatibility issues

Note: Excluding feature bug fixes.

  • Error messages and backtrace displays have been changed.
    • Use a single quote instead of a backtick as a opening quote. [Feature #16495]
    • Display a class name before a method name (only when the class has a permanent name). [Feature #19117]
    • Kernel#caller, Thread::Backtrace::Location’s methods, etc. are also changed accordingly.
    Old:
test.rb:1:in `foo': undefined method `time' for an instance of Integer
        from test.rb:2:in `<main>'

New:
test.rb:1:in 'Object#foo': undefined method 'time' for an instance of Integer
        from test.rb:2:in `<main>'

C API updates

  • rb_newobj and rb_newobj_of (and corresponding macros RB_NEWOBJ, RB_NEWOBJ_OF, NEWOBJ, NEWOBJ_OF) have been removed. [Feature #20265]
  • Removed deprecated function rb_gc_force_recycle. [Feature #18290]

Implementation improvements

  • Array#each is rewritten in Ruby for better performance [Feature #20182].

Miscellaneous changes

  • Passing a block to a method which doesn’t use the passed block will show a warning on verbose mode (-w). [Feature #15554]

  • Redefining some core methods that are specially optimized by the interpeter and JIT like String.freeze or Integer#+ now emits a performance class warning (-W:performance or Warning[:performance] = true). [Feature #20429]

See GitHub releases like Logger or changelog for details of the default gems or bundled gems.

See NEWS or commit logs for more details.

With those changes, 3283 files changed, 107449 insertions(+), 115380 deletions(-) since Ruby 3.3.0!

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