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v: v3

Author: pcwalton

[refs]

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ refs/tags/release-0.1: 1f5c5126e96c79d22cb7862f75304136e204f105
 refs/heads/ndm: f3868061cd7988080c30d6d5bf352a5a5fe2460b
 refs/heads/try2: a810c03263670238bccd64cabb12a23a46e3a278
 refs/heads/incoming: e90142e536c150df0d9b4b2f11352152177509b5
-refs/heads/dist-snap: 036b26a19747692e48a907459acbb0a7ce321bec
+refs/heads/dist-snap: cf02c2badfb4dc451ab6c6471ce34ffa7ed52d6d
 refs/tags/release-0.2: c870d2dffb391e14efb05aa27898f1f6333a9596
 refs/tags/release-0.3: b5f0d0f648d9a6153664837026ba1be43d3e2503
 refs/heads/try3: 9387340aab40a73e8424c48fd42f0c521a4875c0

branches/dist-snap/RELEASES.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Version 0.5 (December 2012)
 ---------------------------
 
-   * ~700 changes, numerous bugfixes
+   * ~800 changes, numerous bugfixes
 
    * Syntax changes
       * Removed `<-` move operator
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Version 0.5 (December 2012)
       * `Eq` and `IterBytes` implementations can be automatically generated
         with `#[deriving_eq]` and `#[deriving_iter_bytes]` respectively
       * Removed the special crate language for `.rc` files
+      * Function arguments may consist of any irrefutable pattern
 
    * Semantic changes
       * `&` and `~` pointers may point to objects
@@ -24,13 +25,15 @@ Version 0.5 (December 2012)
         without writing `move` explicitly
       * `&T` may now be coerced to `*T`
       * Coercions happen in `let` statements as well as function calls
+      * `use` statements now take crate-relative paths
 
    * Improved support for language features
       * Trait inheritance is much more complete
-      * Traits may declare default methods for the implementations to use
       * More support for explicit self arguments in methods - `self`, `&self`
         `@self`, and `~self` all generally work as expected
       * Static methods work in more situations
+      * Experimental: Traits may declare default methods for the implementations
+        to use
 
    * Libraries
       * New condition handling system in `core::condition`