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AUTHORS.txt

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Aydin Kim <ladinjin@hanmail.net>
 auREAX <mark@xn--hwg34fba.ws>
 Ben Alpert <ben@benalpert.com>
 Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu>
+Ben Kelly <ben@wanderview.com>
 Ben Striegel <ben.striegel@gmail.com>
 Benjamin Herr <ben@0x539.de>
 Benjamin Jackman <ben@jackman.biz>
@@ -44,9 +45,12 @@ Daniel Brooks <db48x@db48x.net>
 Daniel Luz <dev@mernen.com>
 Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
 Daniel Patterson <dbp@riseup.net>
+Daniel Ursache Dogariu <contact@danniel.net>
 Dave Herman <dherman@mozilla.com>
 David Forsythe <dforsythe@gmail.com>
+David Klein <david.klein@baesystemsdetica.com>
 David Rajchenbach-Teller <dteller@mozilla.com>
+Dimitri Krassovski <labria@startika.com>
 Donovan Preston <donovanpreston@gmail.com>
 Drew Willcoxon <adw@mozilla.com>
 Elliott Slaughter <elliottslaughter@gmail.com>
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ Gonçalo Cabrita <_@gmcabrita.com>
 Graham Fawcett <fawcett@uwindsor.ca>
 Grahame Bowland <grahame@angrygoats.net>
 Haitao Li <lihaitao@gmail.com>
+hansjorg <hansjorg@gmail.com>
 Huon Wilson <dbau.pp+github@gmail.com>
 Ian D. Bollinger <ian.bollinger@gmail.com>
 Ilyong Cho <ilyoan@gmail.com>
@@ -80,11 +85,14 @@ Jeff Balogh <jbalogh@mozilla.com>
 Jeff Muizelaar <jmuizelaar@mozilla.com>
 Jeff Olson <olson.jeffery@gmail.com>
 Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin@gmail.com>
+Jeong YunWon <jeong@youknowone.org>
 Jens Nockert <jens@nockert.se>
 Jesse Jones <jesse9jones@gmail.com>
 Jesse Ruderman <jruderman@gmail.com>
+Jihyun Yu <jihyun@nclab.kaist.ac.kr>
 Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
 Jimmy Lu <jimmy.lu.2011@gmail.com>
+J. J. Weber <jjweber@gmail.com>
 Joe Pletcher <joepletcher@gmail.com>
 John Clements <clements@racket-lang.org>
 Jon Morton <jonanin@gmail.com>
@@ -99,6 +107,7 @@ Kevin Atkinson <kevina@cs.utah.edu>
 Kevin Cantu <me@kevincantu.org>
 Kyeongwoon Lee <kyeongwoon.lee@samsung.com>
 Laurent Bonnans <bonnans.l@gmail.com>
+Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@alum.mit.edu>
 Lennart Kudling <github@kudling.de>
 Lindsey Kuper <lindsey@composition.al>
 Luca Bruno <lucab@debian.org>
@@ -112,7 +121,9 @@ Mark Vian <mrv.caseus@gmail.com>
 Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com>
 Marvin Löbel <loebel.marvin@gmail.com>
 Matt Brubeck <mbrubeck@limpet.net>
+Matthew McPherrin <matthew@mcpherrin.ca>
 Matthew O'Connor <thegreendragon@gmail.com>
+Matthijs Hofstra <thiezz@gmail.com>
 Max Penet <max.penet@gmail.com>
 Michael Arntzenius <daekharel@gmail.com>
 Michael Bebenita <mbebenita@mozilla.com>
@@ -121,6 +132,7 @@ Michael Sullivan <sully@msully.net>
 Mikko Perttunen <cyndis@kapsi.fi>
 Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@mozilla.com>
 Niko Matsakis <niko@alum.mit.edu>
+Olivier Saut <osaut@airpost.net>
 Or Brostovski <tohava@gmail.com>
 Orphée Lafond-Lummis <o@orftz.com>
 Patrick Walton <pwalton@mozilla.com>
@@ -140,14 +152,17 @@ Roy Frostig <rfrostig@mozilla.com>
 Ryan Scheel <ryan.havvy@gmail.com>
 Sean Stangl <sstangl@mozilla.com>
 Sebastian N. Fernandez <cachobot@gmail.com>
+Seth Pink <sethpink@gmail.com>
 Seo Sanghyeon <sanxiyn@gmail.com>
+sevrak <sevrak@rediffmail.com>
 Simon Barber-Dueck <sbarberdueck@gmail.com>
 Simon Sapin <simon@exyr.org>
 startling <tdixon51793@gmail.com>
 Stefan Plantikow <stefan.plantikow@googlemail.com>
 Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>
 Taras Shpot <mrshpot@gmail.com>
 Ted Horst <ted.horst@earthlink.net>
+Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com>
 Tim Chevalier <chevalier@alum.wellesley.edu>
 Tim Taubert <tim@timtaubert.de>
 Tom Lee <github@tomlee.co>
@@ -161,5 +176,6 @@ Vincent Belliard <vincent@famillebelliard.fr>
 Wade Mealing <wmealing@gmail.com>
 William Ting <william.h.ting@gmail.com>
 Yasuhiro Fujii <y-fujii@mimosa-pudica.net>
+Young-il Choi <duddlf.choi@samsung.com>
 Youngsoo Son <ysson83@gmail.com>
 Zack Corr <zack@z0w0.me>

RELEASES.txt

@@ -1,28 +1,22 @@
 Version 0.6 (March 2013)
 ---------------------------
 
-   * ~2000 changes, numerous bugfixes
-
-   * TODO:
-      * Ord/Cmp
-      * Lifetime changes
-      * Remove `static` keyword
-      * Static method syntax
-      * `as Trait`
-      * `copy` removed, replaced with `Clone`?
-      * More details for "Name resolution continues to be tweaked"?
+   * ~2100 changes, numerous bugfixes
 
    * Syntax changes
       * The self type parameter in traits is now spelled `Self`
       * The `self` parameter in trait and impl methods must now be explicitly
         named (for example: `fn f(&self) { }`). Implicit self is deprecated.
+      * Static methods no longer require the `static` keyword and instead
+        are distinguished by the lack of a `self` parameter
       * Replaced the `Durable` trait with the `'static` lifetime
       * The old closure type syntax with the trailing sigil has been
         removed in favor of the more consistent leading sigil
       * `super` is a keyword, and may be prefixed to paths
       * Trait bounds are separated with `+` instead of whitespace
       * Traits are implemented with `impl Trait for Type`
         instead of `impl Type: Trait`
+      * Lifetime syntax is now `&'l foo` instead of `&l/foo`
       * The `export` keyword has finally been removed
       * The `move` keyword has been removed (see "Semantic changes")
       * The interior mutability qualifier on vectors, `[mut T]`, has been
@@ -41,9 +35,11 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013)
       * Pattern matching over vectors improved and expanded
       * `const` renamed to `static` to correspond to lifetime name,
         and make room for future `static mut` unsafe mutable globals.
-      * Replaced `#[deriving_eq]` with `#[deriving(Eq)]`
+      * Replaced `#[deriving_eq]` with `#[deriving(Eq)]`, etc.
       * `Clone` implementations can be automatically generated with
         `#[deriving(Clone)]`
+      * Casts to traits must use a pointer sigil, e.g. `@foo as @Bar`
+        instead of `foo as Bar`.
 
    * Semantic changes
       * Types with owned pointers or custom destructors move by default,
@@ -54,7 +50,11 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013)
       * () has size 0
       * The name of the main function can be customized using #[main]
       * The default type of an inferred closure is &fn instead of @fn
-      * Name resolution continues to be tweaked
+      * `use` statements may no longer be "chained" - they cannot import
+        identifiers imported by previous `use` statements
+      * `use` statements are crate relative, importing from the "top"
+        of the crate by default. Paths may be prefixed with `super::`
+        or `self::` to change the search behavior.
       * Method visibility is inherited from the implementation declaration
       * Structural records have been removed
       * Many more types can be used in static items, including enums
@@ -78,14 +78,15 @@ Version 0.6 (March 2013)
       * `std::deque` and `std::smallintmap` reimplemented as owned containers
       * `core::trie` added as a fast ordered map for integer keys
       * Set types added to `core::hashmap`, `core::trie` and `std::treemap`
+      * `Ord` split into `Ord` and `TotalOrd`. `Ord` is still used to
+        overload the comparison operators, whereas `TotalOrd` is used
+        by certain container types
 
-   * Tools
+   * Other
       * Replaced the 'cargo' package manager with 'rustpkg'
       * Added all-purpose 'rust' tool
       * `rustc --test` now supports benchmarks with the `#[bench]` attribute
-      * rustc now attempts to offer spelling suggestions
-
-   * Misc
+      * rustc now *attempts* to offer spelling suggestions
       * Improved support for ARM and Android
       * Preliminary MIPS backend
       * Improved foreign function ABI implementation for x86, x86_64

src/libcore/gc.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+#[doc(hidden)];
+
 /*! Precise garbage collector
 
 The precise GC exposes two functions, gc and