v3.3.0

CHANGES:

Fri May 31 11:09:08 BST 2019

• backend

  • interpret -pp flag
  • backtrack warnings in all versions, not just 4.06
  • silence C compiler warnings (by David Allsopp and Bernhard Schommer)
  • remove sturgeon support
  • allow to select sections to log
  • better error message on ocaml version mismatch
  • locate:
    • handle functors and functor applications
    • do not use the location coming from the environment
  • tweaked caching policy
  • fix environment when a file disappears
  • fix -short-paths handling of classes and class types (by Leo White)
  • don't select deprecated paths in -short-paths (by Leo White)
  • return type info in outline query (by Andrey Popp)
  • properly handle new lines in the lexer
  • better tracking of errors reported by the parser and by preprocessors
  • add support for OCaml 4.08
  • tweaked the recovery strategy in presence of syntax errors
  • timing information in replies now includes wall clock time.
  • dump command can new dump the parsetree post preprocessing

• editors modes

  • emacs

    • fix merlin-xref.el install (by Emilio Jesus Gallego Arias)
    • keep labels matching the prefix the user has typed rather than
      dropping them (by Mitchell Plamann)
    • remove unused merlin--overlay function (by Wilfred Hughes)
    • show the number of errors in the modline (by Wilfred Hughes)
    • call a logger on the client side if one is defined
    • allow user to disable completion inside comments and strings
    • show errors and types even when buffer is narrowed (by Wilfred Hughes)
    • make sure PATH is updated when merlin-command is 'opam

  • vim

    • better FindBinary
    • make the log buffer a scratch buffer (by Tom Johnson)
    • execute buffer switching silently (by Fabian)
    • restore view after updating merlin type buffer (by Fabian)

• testsuite

  • Switched to mdx with cram syntax.

Special thanks to Rudi Grinberg for helping us in reviewing and merging
pull-requests.