Commit 76319222 authored by Brad Fitzpatrick's avatar Brad Fitzpatrick

doc: add more Go 1.9 notes

Updates #20587

Change-Id: I7effe922242db45f3ce74882d07511aaaac2f634
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/45613Reviewed-by: 's avatarIan Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
parent aafd9640
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adds <a href="#monotonic-time">transparent monotonic time support</a>,
<a href="#parallel-compile">parallelizes compilation of functions</a> within a package,
better supports <a href="#test-helper">test helper functions</a>,
and includes a new <a href="#math-bits">bit manipulation package</a>.
includes a new <a href="#math-bits">bit manipulation package</a>,
and has a new <a href="#sync-map">concurrent map type</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="language">Changes to the language</h2>
......@@ -225,6 +226,16 @@ type T1 = T2
line numbers for users.
</p>
<h3 id="sync-map">Concurrent Map</h3>
<p> <!-- CL 36617 -->
The new <a href="/pkg/sync/#Map"><code>Map</code></a> type
in the <a href="/pkg/sync/"><code>sync</code></a> package
is a concurrent map with amortized-constant-time loads, stores, and
deletes. It is safe for multiple goroutines to call a Map's methods
concurrently.
</p>
<h3 id="minor_library_changes">Minor changes to the library</h3>
<p>
......@@ -245,14 +256,6 @@ type T1 = T2
</dl><!-- archive/zip -->
<dl id="crypto/aes"><dt><a href="/pkg/crypto/aes/">crypto/aes</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 38366 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/38366">https://golang.org/cl/38366</a>: ARM assembly versions of encrypt, decrypt and expandKey
</p>
</dl><!-- crypto/aes -->
<dl id="crypto/rand"><dt><a href="/pkg/crypto/rand/">crypto/rand</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 43852 -->
......@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ type T1 = T2
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 36093 -->
On UNIX systems the environment
On Unix systems the environment
variables <code>SSL_CERT_FILE</code>
and <code>SSL_CERT_DIR</code> can now be used to override the
system default locations for the SSL certificate file and SSL
......@@ -362,14 +365,6 @@ type T1 = T2
</dl><!-- fmt -->
<dl id="go/build"><dt><a href="/pkg/go/build/">go/build</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 44291 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/44291">https://golang.org/cl/44291</a>: make -I/-L options in cgo flags absolute
</p>
</dl><!-- go/build -->
<dl id="hash/fnv"><dt><a href="/pkg/hash/fnv/">hash/fnv</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 38356 -->
......@@ -528,7 +523,12 @@ type T1 = T2
<dl id="net/http/fcgi"><dt><a href="/pkg/net/http/fcgi/">net/http/fcgi</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 40012 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/40012">https://golang.org/cl/40012</a>: expose cgi env vars in request context
The new
<a href="/pkg/net/http/fcgi/#ProcessEnv"><code>ProcessEnv</code></a>
function returns FastCGI environment variables associated with an HTTP request
for which there are no appropriate
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#Request"><code>http.Request</code></a>
fields, such as <code>REMOTE_USER</code>.
</p>
</dl><!-- net/http/fcgi -->
......@@ -536,7 +536,15 @@ type T1 = T2
<dl id="net/http/httptest"><dt><a href="/pkg/net/http/httptest/">net/http/httptest</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 34639 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/34639">https://golang.org/cl/34639</a>: add Client and Certificate to Server
The new
<a href="/pkg/net/http/httptest/#Server.Client"><code>Server.Client</code></a>
method returns an HTTP client configured for making requests to the test server.
</p>
<p>
The new
<a href="/pkg/net/http/httptest/#Server.Certificate"><code>Server.Certificate</code></a>
method returns the test server's TLS certificate, if any.
</p>
</dl><!-- net/http/httptest -->
......@@ -564,19 +572,29 @@ type T1 = T2
<dl id="os/exec"><dt><a href="/pkg/os/exec/">os/exec</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 37586 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/37586">https://golang.org/cl/37586</a>: remove duplicate environment variables in Cmd.Start
The <code>os/exec</code> package now prevents child processes from being created with
any duplicate environment variables.
If <a href="/pkg/os/exec/#Cmd.Env"><code>Cmd.Env</code></a>
contains duplicate environment keys, only the last
value in the slice for each duplicate key is used.
</p>
</dl><!-- os/exec -->
<dl id="os/user"><dt><a href="/pkg/os/user/">os/user</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 33713 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/33713">https://golang.org/cl/33713</a>: add Go implementation of LookupGroup, LookupGroupId
<p><!-- CL 37664 -->
<a href="/pkg/os/user/#Lookup"><code>Lookup</code></a> and
<a href="/pkg/os/user/#LookupId"><code>LookupId</code></a> now
work on Unix systems when <code>CGO_ENABLED=0</code> by reading
the <code>/etc/passwd</code> file.
</p>
<p><!-- CL 37664 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/37664">https://golang.org/cl/37664</a>: add non-cgo versions of Lookup, LookupId
<p><!-- CL 33713 -->
<a href="/pkg/os/user/#LookupGroup"><code>LookupGroup</code></a> and
<a href="/pkg/os/user/#LookupGroupId"><code>LookupGroupId</code></a> now
work on Unix systems when <code>CGO_ENABLED=0</code> by reading
the <code>/etc/group</code> file.
</p>
</dl><!-- os/user -->
......@@ -584,7 +602,9 @@ type T1 = T2
<dl id="reflect"><dt><a href="/pkg/reflect/">reflect</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 38335 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/38335">https://golang.org/cl/38335</a>: Add MakeMapWithSize for creating maps with size hint
The new
<a href="/pkg/reflect/#MakeMapWithSize"><code>MakeMapWithSize</code></a>
function creates a map with a capacity hint.
</p>
</dl><!-- reflect -->
......@@ -650,11 +670,7 @@ type T1 = T2
<dl id="sync"><dt><a href="/pkg/sync/">sync</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 34310 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/34310">https://golang.org/cl/34310</a>: make Mutex more fair
</p>
<p><!-- CL 36617 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/36617">https://golang.org/cl/36617</a>: import Map from x/sync/syncmap
<a href="/pkg/sync/#Mutex"><code>Mutex</code></a> is now more fair.
</p>
</dl><!-- sync -->
......@@ -664,7 +680,7 @@ type T1 = T2
<p><!-- CL 36697 -->
The new field
<a href="/pkg/syscall/#Credential.NoSetGroups"><code>Credential.NoSetGroups</code></a>
controls whether UNIX systems make a <code>setgroups</code> system call
controls whether Unix systems make a <code>setgroups</code> system call
to set supplementary groups when starting a new process.
</p>
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