From 96425210a67fbe6824c8db246303bf0f6ba953ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "staticfloat@gmail.com" Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:04:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update `NEWS.md` for `Libdl.{dlopen,dlsym}` changes --- NEWS.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index fcbf0ef996f5f..026ab79381b4a 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -11,11 +11,21 @@ Refer to the [Release Notes for v0.7](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/HISTORY.md) for a detailed list of changes from Julia v0.6. +Standard Library Changes +------------------------ + +* The `Libdl` module's methods `dlopen()` and `dlsym()` have been updated + to return `nothing` as the indicator of a nonexistent symbol or library. + Additionally, the `dlopen_e()` and `dlsym_e()` methods will be deprecated + in favor of `dlopen(; throw_error=false)` and + `dlsym(; throw_error=false)`. ([#28888]) + Deprecated or removed --------------------- -The old package manager (now called `OldPkg`) has been moved to a -separate repository at https://github.com/JuliaArchive/OldPkg.jl ([#27930]) +* The old package manager (now called `OldPkg`) has been moved to a + separate repository at https://github.com/JuliaArchive/OldPkg.jl ([#27930]) [#27930]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/27930 +[#28888]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/28888