Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Updated 2024.10 to 2025.01

 Rakudo compiler, Release #179 (2025.01)

2025-01-25

On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I’m very happy to announce
the January 2025 release of Rakudo #179. Rakudo is an implementation
of the Raku1 language.

The source tarball for this release is available from
https://rakudo.org/files/rakudo. Pre-compiled archives will be
available shortly.

New in 2025.01:

    Improvements:
        Add lower-bounding for the revision-gated trait [7c7ad5bd][0e9a2d73]
        Pod::To::Text: Sort enum pairs by value [c7004109]

        Improve throughput and reliability of
        CI::PrecompilationRepository [b6242f4b][4919b647]

        Get PRs working for everyone [b6ea5783]

        Make native arrays Cool (e.g. allow native arrays to be
        endpoints for Ranges [17fe51b8][8f38af87]

        Add proper support for regexes to multi-needle .split [77c4c64e][bea1f099]
        Final step of re-imaginining .trans [d7feae2f][e5a715ab][bcd7beaf][f055c31e]
        Update documentation of recently added syscalls [3265ff3b]
        Optimize Str.(words|lines) [603b07ac]

    Additions:
        Add VM.ownup to produce backtraces of all threads and exit \ 
[7ef44ef5][70d66b98]
        Provide adverbial forms of map [24b4001e][720cd014]

    Fixes:
        Fix obsolete reference to CompUnit::PlationStore::File [b2dd1185]
        Make sure strarray.raku doesn't die [c0c2e01f]
        Move precomp docker host ubuntu 24.04 -> 20.04 [eba9332d]
        Use .raku suffix in doc of install-dist instead of .p6 [a66b2e16]

    Internal:
        Run full spectest in CI (#5747) [ebecbeaf]
        Remove unnecessary stubs [3559bb9b]
        Move test file that dies on JVM to t/09-moar [4aa8d331]
        [JVM] Add extra check for GLOBAL being null (#5710) [e7f9223c]
        [JVM] Reduce backend-specific code in find_best_dispatchee (#5714) [8991173f]
        Remove playful "just yet" in error messages [87f0e37f]
        Remove now unnecessary R:I:ALL_TYPE method [26fbd4c3]
        Only call ensure-sc if there is a descriptor [70c268ba]

    RakuAST Development:
        Make A, P, and Δ = Capital Greek Delta) produce AST like markup X [f57a989a]

Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Updated 2024.10 to 2024.12

New in 2024.12:

+ Improvements:
    + Re-imagine .polymod as an iterator [c81d9cfe]
    + Simplify Cool.substr-eq candidates [da291b55]
    + Allow *-x (aka a Callable) for position in .substr-eq [c32cb4f6]
    + Re-imagine .substr-rw handling [6182ed58][ba526e30]
    + when starting a Thread, also set its thread name [34cd4c58]
    + Allow a value of 0 with :vent-at [c972df68]
    + Fail gracefully when REPL is initialized without TTY [6c088c8c]
    + Make .trans only assign to $/ if it's assignable [097d6680]
    + Check positional .trans args earlier [59bfd7f6]
    + Some .trans optimizations (upto 50% faster in some cases)
      [de79080d][f5322142][e0c25da2]
    + Make $*USER / $*GROUP provide some string values on Windows [0911eca2]
    + Issue a warning for .trans(abc => ...) [03e2ee74]
    + Make .trans(Regex => Str) about 3 as fast [8365a5de]

+ Additions:
    + Add VM.remote-debugging method [4a93b413]

+ Fixes:
    + Fix using Iterables as indices in multidim array slice [0ff3efff]
    + Re-imagine IO::CatHandle internals [00a09d92]
    + Fix t/04-nativecall/25-embedded.c [76f62fe7]
    + Make "AAS" .. "ABS" use standard .succ semantics in \ 
6.e [7c412a11]
    + Remove the auto-wrapping rlwrap hack [dc034250]
    + Don't use ANSI color in error messages always [a917cf03]
    + Restore old logic in find_best_dispatchee [65a98ce2]
    + [JVM] Remove workarounds for broken deserialization of nqp::null
      [3470f838]
    + [JVM] Unbreak usage of "hash" with named args [d3d08962]
    + Make sure Map.new has an NQP hash always [ba3b24cf]
    + Fix `dir` to give "." and ".." again [b1c40624]
    + Restore error message on Junction sub-sig binding error [5ff3eafe]
    + Have to make sure scalars don't make it into nativecallcast. [8765d617]
    + Fix .Str / .gist / .raku on self-referencing QuantHashes [1340c2b0]
    + Don't use Match::chomp on string [ca7933b8]
    + Type second param of proto for Stash::ASSIGN-KEY [ef46c8e9]
    + Handle classes that don't have a find_method also [e7945cf9]
    + Make (almost) any Failure in a slice throw immediately [a4b87c91]
    + Fix stringification of self referential Hashes [a047a8f7]
    + Decont Routine object when looking for attribute (#5708) [JVM]
      [e4e22694]
    + Fix issues with slices with N..* ranges [65ec7f30]
    + Fix issue with .polymod and fixed number of divisors [c6872fb0]
    + Fix remaining issue with polymod [818a543a]
    + Fix support for .substr-rw(Callable, x) [0ceb4be2]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    + Some minor tweaks in Main [c697cf04]
    + Remove most of NQP in Range.iterator [f1e2ad94]
    + Internally document the REPL.ctxsave method better [55e40088]
    + Add test for successful use of adverbs on hashes with infixes [d00d8497]
    + Azure run rakuast tests [ad3e9c57][cfa5115c]
    + Assorted test related fixes on Windows [f2c70c7f][686a65d1][65451f83]
      [c772ad8e][82dd2f6d][3820a9ba]
    + Fix tests on Win/cl/debug, make runner resilient to long paths [3b2fb62a]
      [61ee2fdf]
    + Reimagine Azure CI [2208db21][81f2dbe4][e7928e83]
    + don't call nqp::rebless on every statement [38e655f4]
    + Update release guide and Akefile to align with current practice.
      [aa385bb9]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + 3 commits, 142/153 (make test), and 1158/1355 (make spectest)
      [3f0f974e][485474df][d1c99054]

Log message:
(lang/rakudo, lang/nqp) adapt to perl-5.40, sorry for hard coding

Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Update 2024.09 to 2024.10

New in 2024.10:

+ Improvements:
    + Make Date.DateTime timezone aware in 6.e [233b6871]
    + Make { } / hash() (aka empty hash creation) 8x as fast [f725f5f4]
    + Improve error message on unknown traits [8876d1b6]
    + Make sure the numerator is shown on N / 0 error [6adcecd9]
    + Make Int ** Int up to 15% faster [5680202e]
    + Simplify native coercers (possibly up to 50% faster) [fa370cb8]
    + Make REPL message for missing editor more clear [b27e2d07]
    + Seamlessly wrap the "rlwrap" readline wrapper in the REPL \ 
[4c046d45][d964ec93][2750112c]
    + Improve error message on missing terminator on "use Foo" [1301c599]
    + Also show file/line on ambiguous dispatch error [91e46d29]

+ Additions:
    + Add :by to .min/.max/.minmax [6edab9f9]
    + Add Mu.Callable($method) "coercer" in 6.e [b5f11446]
    + Add Mu ACCEPTS candidates for Mu:D [496176bd]
    + Add Associative HyperWhatever support [6bd2ec10]
    + Introduce :smartcase in 6.e on .contains, .starts-with, .ends-with,
      .index, .rindex, .substr-eq [aefe74a9]
    + Add IO::Path.stem in 6.e [b8611ad6]
    + Add EnumHOW.roles method [1e0025c3]
    + Add "quit" as an obsolete alternative to "exit" in \ 
error message [391e3b50]
    + Add clocks and mouses to magic inc/dec [03659cd0]
    + Add support for "any" junctions in regex interpolation [e08f6e0b]
    + Add support for Unicode vulgar fractions to val() \ 
[98fdf95a][ed231a0c][00031912]

+ Fixes:
    + Fix LTA error on invalid trait on anonymous parameter [09c89d1f]
    + Allow for $:F as placeholder variable with "use isms" [6c6a7da6]
    + Restore +permutations(30) behaviour [5c335df0]
    + Make .head/.tail nodal [29e2b9bf]
    + Make sure fractional shapes are intified properly [b1f0f5d1]
    + Restore :$source parameter to load(...) multi [59631b18]
    + Don't assume @*ARGS only contains strings [50a68ec9]
    + Don't create unnecessary Failures on numeric infix operators [6f8d314c]
    + Rework Rat <=> < <= => > Rat candidates to handle \ 
<N/0> more consistently [c05f1704][3c4cfc43]
    + Fix handling of IO::Paths in IO::Notification.watch-path [064575a4]
    + Require a mutable container for .substr-rw [7faddfd2]
    + Allow Cool values in .trans specification [91c93029]
    + Produce correct result for atomicint.Range [1660d96f]
    + Fix LTA error message on num % / ** num [07742935]
    + Make Iterable:U.flat do the right thing [0fc7d45f]
    + Mark "lazy-if" method as implementatio detail [d3f058d9]
    + Repair behaviour of Any|Match.print-nl [d332d19a]
    + Allow empty names in .uniparse [3359987a]
    + Handle .comb with negative limit better [278eb69a]
    + Make ForeignCode.gist less verbose [cf664300]
    + Mark Supplier.unsanitized-supply as an implementation detail [eda67b3a]
    + Make prefix - not negate 0 as real value in i [a9c9e398]
    + Fix Any:D.say|put|note [75557437]
    + Make Inf .. xxx produce Nils [ce5e02cd]
    + Make +((5..2).reverse) produce correct value [258a1b54]
    + Allow CLI arguments in the REPL with --repl-mode=interactive [2825646a]
    + Allow sequences as target in :unique :as [ee7c0b4f]
    + Give IO::Path.slurp the same reading semantics as IO::Handle.slurp [3d2f478b]
    + Remove install-dist.p6 file [368ec5c3]
    + Make sure (Iterable,).flat doesn't hang [a6450e45][ce03069d]
    + Make .elems call on type objects consistent [c9d6f7fc]
    + Make Seq.sort in line with sort(Seq) [5e9d63da]
    + Unbreak module loading [JVM] [9f41d2c6]
    + Flatten without overflow/underflow issues [JVM] [ff50e329]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    + Separate Array.List(:view) handling into a separate candidate [438067e0]
    + Give all :$view cases their own candidates [edd6c2d3]
    + Properly compose 'with[out]' with external loops [cfdde065]
    + Avoid repeated attribute lookups in METAOP_REDUCE_RIGHT [60b0edb9]
    + Centralize creation of 0 denominator Rats [53a5ba75]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + over 40 commits, 142/153 (make test), and 1158/1355 (make spectest)
      [83fc6788][702559fb][a469819c][d048d9f0][31795cd2][0ebeee03][67a426bb]
      [bd944e89][066afa40][8b61f167][c9d03adf][19a32df0][7d080edd][ebe9136f]
      [804c4041][1cedcee6][82ecf39b][d2f12f35][dd62b98e][9b31d7c6][498b9142]
      [91f2f3c1][ea5a74d2][b56ba4c5][817c9ae1][49005b54][e9ba6ef9][5753baf2]
      [ab408076][0649fcc5][b5c36075][0d199cb0][2f8bd239][73dd90e1][9f4416de]
      [b1670268][4d645898][b50d986a][302241fe][5e95151b][efb42ea7][a1ccc7d3]
      [45a6cdd8][c0ad99ea][314eb114]

Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Updated 2024.08.to 2024.09

   https://rakudo.org/post/announce-rakudo-release-2024.09

Rakudo compiler, Release #176 (2024.09)
2024-09-26

On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I?m very happy to announce the
September 2024 release of Rakudo #176. Rakudo is an implementation of the Raku1
language.

The source tarball for this release is available from https://rakudo.org/files/
rakudo. Pre-compiled archives will be available shortly.

New in 2024.09:

  * Improvements:

  * Additions:

      + [6.e] Provide is revision-gated("6.x") trait [c2c8d7a0][6fa7c425]
  * Fixes:

  * Deprecations:

  * Internal:

      + Use binding for all sub aliases [e1a77dc3]
      + spell out MVMROOT macro for now for compatibility [46d219b4][46d219b4]
      + set-env.ps1: Fix detecting build tools with multiple installed
        [c4c540eb]
      + Micro-opt for non-existing keys in hash [60dbc201]
      + Micro-opt for %h:exists [dd66162a]
      + Micro-opt %h:exists:p [83d7a7ff]
      + Micro-opt %h:exists:kv [cc194cdc]
      + Add dedicated { }:p|kv|k|v candidates [36e8403d]
      + Micro-opt { }:delete:exists [753c7559]
      + Micro-opt { }:delete:(:p|kv) [e2288121]
      + Micro-opt { }:delete:exists:(:p|kv) [eb7a8279]
      + Micro-opt { }:delete:(k|v) [49be2cf5]
      + Remove all SLICE_ONE_HASH references in %h [74b45bb3]
      + Simplify %h handling [4646481e]
      + Micro-opt []:(k|p|kv|v) [0dd0d72e]
      + Micro-opt [x]:exists [b093bc42]
      + Micro-opt []:foo by Boolifying in the signature [50b86140]
      + Micro-opt [foo]:(p|kv|v) [86a5a10c]
      + Actually only allow concrete iterables in %h{...} [045644e0]
      + Address a small but significant corner case in the optimizer [ba303f4a]
      + Fix small breakage in the Mu:U sm optimization [fdeb87d0]
      + Add test for "not-Mu:U" ~~ Mu:U [6e182acd]
      + Remove $?FILE and $?LINE where they don't make much sense [2ee68bff]
      + Make sure we have a Bool to check against with :exists
  * RakuAST Development:

      + over 30 commits, 142/153 (make test), and 1158/1355 (make spectest)
        [778c7a63][65c318f0][9ffadf80][7c3b2b18][1081b051][c612b32b][59257a4b]
        [7857b802][ed5c906c][1fda647f][0c9a00ad][a27ae5ed][3e2684a4][a383c8bb]
        [307efa6d][cd0e6ee6][81d43af6][38fa6c48][a8111db8][a260251b][07c8b119]
        [d0a70281][4ccbad96][7ddaf755][850a5a71][5032aad2][fb7d3e7f][6888e977]
        [866eec37][dde75687][27565cc1][8162f3eb][8eef4c79]

Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Updated 2024.04 to 2024.08

New in 2024.08:

+ Improvements:
    + Ensure path-spec is a Str (in CompUnit::) [c1742f04]

+ Additions:
    + Implement @a[**] with hammering flattening behavior [0bdd27db]

+ Fixes:
    + Ensure that sunk failed lookups in native arrays always explode [a8745fe8]
    + Fix iterating over Junction with non-simple loop bodies [fde5d87f]
    + Prevent dispatch errors on Regex.Bool [29a03213]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    + Fix precomp build [a445da42]
    + Support will complain on X::Syntax::Number::LiteralType [43d2b0fb]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + over 200 commits, 142/153 (make test), and 1144/1356 (make spectest)
      [3cf20717][b250ffe7][c6067668][9ef8949f][03ed5ae7][0fea3de3][76b4c655]
      [57624715][4ff3dc07][1ea5fb7f][6276062f][5b9b6cff][3b4d36ad][315afc85]
      [4d8d6f08][63b87f25][96e7d21f][927a98b9][1391345b][bbce2206][25005c9b]
      [f600848a][a2182152][466ca907][71278b66][e20fb393][06a4cccd][85a91398]
      [6075bdf5][630c0115][1fa1a949][00daa29c][afca9150][58f1edf3][8eeaf0ba]
      [ba1594f2][a23bc866][f61ed6b9][b148ca72][d66097a3][03e773b9][a7af6dad]
      [9bb892ab][46d9b19c][5baa9076][d9b8ab79][dfa74eca][4c60227d][bae68c74]
      [940938c8][0b04d210][9291f43f][ee3c85e7][87065a32][bfdbf1cf][c5267fc7]
      [05a9907e][1c912bc5][aa0ad4c6][c21e0fd9][5b24cf03][45d891a5][fed4ae38]
      [70346a93][0f1e175e][9635b3cb][1ab4600a][eec9a322][6a72394c][f74da8c2]
      [8ac3f1eb][85489cb4][e74deef2][f7eea363][8c9263f1][9af44342][eb9ee510]
      [0bf7c876][0ad81419][bb7de9ca][d899e868][835bf7a2][8507514a][efeac953]
      [ef959d08][b8762051][846bc284][e8bd820b][d93f6970][0f862af0][977b11e4]
      [5f5fe4fe][bcb39d0b][06d11b59][e007c708][6f687f10][e16400b1][d7130cb8]
      [43af30aa][09deed5d][99c530a0][6e253ef5][e6c6f5c0][10fecfb5][74c48ea3]
      [3d9361a9][a80fcb1a][b50eb200][7971a150][80abf79c][87f150f7][1586e96a]
      [3a615004][1549a841][3240b2fc][575f0e8e][d853a08f][ae98e84c][0091408b]
      [d74604d8][af7acf0c][081147ee][0b4048f2][1a616bfb][ed1c48a5][dfd2ccda]
      [d87bd876][d9037aea][cd1aae89][f340f39e][bac1ee8f][c3c6e458][4cfc7900]
      [10297c64][bc16b3c2][191787bb][f6b628f3][ebfd4dad][db44e946][5acdfcc0]
      [1887d27b][466740bb][ec381c70][37b5aeb8][1849fc8b][c1f424a5][8bbd7104]
      [d0be5d1b][7114c6c1][5fc65475][331d5ea2][ba94f702][5cca0b4f][1b843c75]
      [82e5aada][dcec75e9][c0880471][76d9e1c2][86502c46][25e6280a][87db5bdd]
      [e6c2490e][f829dd37][efea1da0][67ab2fb4][a04a8199][56a80347][ce311700]
      [4397c0e2][9f34623f][cd674298][06e1fe6c][f61870cf][5de09e0b][a90eeabb]
      [866c77d8][c7c25037][0be319b8][4d35f1e3][70059eb1][bce9c3db][74b357b0]
      [aada362f][c2fac3ba][11bf1065][f7c1242a][a30ba8aa][fd9cd0a5][c1520df7]
      [5c532a3e][35b89a37][c7dd2bc5][7907eeab][09a96033][b46572e2][24bc8f41]
      [e69bb58a][de09b60b][bf371c67][f3c9a598][6ad7aaa9][0932318b]

New in 2024.07:

+ Improvements:
    + Improve execution speed by about 5% on Intel hardware and the MoarVM
      backend by disabling the EXPRession JIT by default [4d3723bd]

+ Additions:
    + Add :hammer named argument to .flat for thorough flattening [74cfe8e3]

+ Fixes:
    + Bump NQP to get fix for return from LEAVE phaser on MoarVM [0554ae9e]
    + Partially fix mixed bin/no bin reads in IO::Socket [5008807b]
    + Fix sprintf thinko in BUILDPLAN module [6536e756]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    + Change colabti log links to irclogs.raku.org links [3e4d19bb]
    + Remove the signature check from .duckmap for now [1bd985a3]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + Added Raku grammar based syntax highlighting API, and basic support
      for highlighting using ANSI color codes
    + over 60 commits, 144/153 (make test), and 1065/1356 (make spectest)
      [4085432e][3e55eb62][17f0148a][02526784][fd72fc3e][692677ff][ea6c68ab]
      [604d6617][8752d081][e0afa0a8][a7b41f73][31336240][c7af1953][f8b56432]
      [9d959fae][5795560f][cf3f0aa2][a14a94df][d782d8b0][17f89c6f][d57b4109]
      [267edeb1][c50e477c][7a0c0e3f][b984ddfb][1534733d][c64dc9f4][39b987ab]
      [9fc5f662][5a431ad4][133a25a2][115fdee2][6b9a163e][59fb9ebc][ca479813]
      [552a88ba][b09a5ee8][38ba882a][8e00a517][527b9788][3ab6c96b][509ee1b6]
      [8a138038][3079f914][c56375da][f8e64356][4dae7e5b][55754f8d][015e4a3b]
      [ff48e039][dcaf53e6][487f1eda][f84ae43b][2144863d][fab5c99a][f4b4b219]
      [e622928d][a469bd8d][19bd06b5][16b059c0][62e523a9][2992649f][088180b6]
      [d7731e7d][1004a2ad][26622f63]

New in 2024.06:

+ Improvements:
    + Use inclusive TPF alias. [271f8320]
    + Give `Seq` some `.head` shortcuts (prevents unnecessary reifying) [07865140]
    + Check expectations of `.deepmap` / `.duckmap` / `.nodemap` [18d128ab]
    + Make `Seq.end` return a proper `Failure` [bea61881]

+ Additions:

+ Fixes:
    + Make sure the `LAST` phaser is always fired in `.map` [16ce594e]
    + Don't bother calling op in `.duckmap` on sig failure [af6df816]
    + Fix regresssion on `NativeCall::Compiler::MSVC`, introduced in 2024.05 \ 
[cc52ff12]
    + Don't set the `FIRST` flag always when iterating (fix and \ 
micro-optimization) [ad0afb04]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    + Micro-optimize .head(N) [141228a3]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + 20 commits, 144/153 (make test), and 1063/1356 (make spectest) [3f804996]
      [9c53c92e][1ddbcbc1][5c10672c][16d126bc][ffc59e46][0cde5bfc][0b937b15]
      [946ab902][c99d4369][1a61ed02][587cd72f][e2fa55b9][46511d59][49751627]
      [a51ee10d][5b44a64b][b2f81c23][5dd0ad6f][093009a0]

New in 2024.05:

+ Improvements:
    + Provide the host:port that compose the address in use [ecd2dd46]
    + Improve .IO.open.lock failure messages [774cc864]
    + Make (^Inf).reverse fail rather than infiniloop [26f1c494]
    + Provide deeper context into `run` failures [aca5e4c1]

+ Additions:
    + Add rakudo flavor [6e55b118][c888a116][f253d68b][69a33564]
    + Add worry for WhateverCode on LHS of smartmatch [d9863e9a]
    + Add Cool.nomark in 6.e [5eb1da8c]
    + Introduce Any.are(type --> Bool:D) in 6.e [23b94de6]
    + Add :invocant option to Parameter.new [f17cd58f]

+ Fixes:
    * Fix various unicode property bugs [22492982]
    + Provide conditional exit status for USAGE [a4c7d5d1]
    + Supply an Any.match method candidate for Any:D [d6dc3610][51b0ef25]
      [881c1e87]
    + Fix mysterious failures when class construction process order changes
      [2cba37f5]
    + Make sure type objects without MRO don't break .are [e227a4f2]
    + Fix memory leaking in infinity-bound ... [99bfab8c]
    + Allow the use of enum values in MAIN that shadow core types [e3ad75a6]
      [f5218834][5fbda71d][45966a8c]
    + Clarify Range.rand failure cases, fix infinite loop, and optimize
      [06e45d89][f233458e]
    + Z<> is a comment - do not render it as text. [c1cc007f]
    + Allow reduce to return containers as generated [ecd75809]
    + Make dd handle Failures better [0a0435d7]
    + Make dd be more verbose about hash/array elements [e1bd3ffd][2b2e896b]
      [184c2ec2]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    + Streamline NativeCall [40c7b77f][30410664][bf81c62f][4a64b3af][d5eb39f7]
      [0c9e990d][4de8e84a][d374dbb2][89407558][14bde025][9ef2df5b][586c7832]
      [73776552][8dd91896][3ec47540][9d297a3d][335a0b0c][46a8f324][967d1a5a]
    + Streamline NativeCall::Dispatcher [8a7ed37c][2182fee5][9b078a12]
      [ed4db102][c9a0de80]
    + Move sub map_return_type logic to NativeCall::Types [b6cc74b5]
    + Streamline NativeCall::Types [3861b8f8][89d4d42b][75fa3da4][d0cbe4ae]
      [b36cceb3][b6028f9d]
    + Streamline NativeCall::Compiler::GNU [bd426162][92da00a9]
    + Only ignore last arg in a Method if '%_' (NativeCall) [f25dcacc]
    + Streamline NativeCall::Compiler::MSVC [cb6e5080][92113fe4][7766fbbd]
      [ca4bd66c]
    + Use HLL::SysConfig to obtain path-sep [c8855956]
    + Refactor t/packages to follow idiomatic distribution file structure
      [d25af712]
    + Use NQP for open mode detection in IO::Handle.lock [cf87ccf9]
    + Micro-optimize basic iterators [2e4bc48a][72b46fe2][6846c49e]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + 43 commits, 143/152 (make test), and 1063/1356 (make spectest) [fe579a3b]
      [d890d89e][cd197264][5485db22][ee525814][fcbd5303][622f58ad][b50fb0c4]
      [1278c5bb][c0c5e9ed][4e547d17][5a1e0161][a3907c3a][80ae959a][4988fb37]
      [331f0192][1d5cd34f][24f3a168][eee426ea][66c4acad][5748ac20][aec7a49d]
      [22a7a897][ddde58be][2c3602de][39705b00][3ce05fa0][3a928a56][5a122c60]
      [22932c27][097b50cd][a26b756a][a1f98bf1][13f5a744][b08810e4][a690eecc]
      [53eebb7c][cd74aa79][de12a755][5fb665ba][042660d8][b7116755][851aa490]

Log message:
(lang/radudo) Updated 2024.02 to 2024.04

New in 2024.04:

+ Improvements:
    + Make X::Syntax::Number::LiteralType a subclass of
      X::TypeCheck::Assignment [5b7cf94c]
    + Make Rakudo up to 2x as fast on the JVM backend by using fastutil \ 
[05aae712][23a9fdbe]
      [955bc856]

+ Additions:
    + Add Allomorph.narrow [e6a28e1c]
    + Add dispatch disambiguation via 'is item' parameter trait [70f16f63]
      [3b42de18][36901bb0][0ce55752][c02bd131]

+ Fixes:
    + Fix "No exception handler located for catch" trying to report
      method-not-found [b61de7a9]
    + Fix naming of anonymous classes [ad12f2a9]
    + Increase JVM max heap [2d76783a]
    + Fix reporting of X::Role::Initialization errors [0eb99b8a]
    + Fix race condition in lazy deserialization on MoarVM backend [d6320eaf]
    + Fix obscure pattern bug in regex engine on MoarVM backend [f56a3973]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    * Streamline "core" (bootstrap, core, metamodel) [169b28f3][b37302cb]
      [010d6fe5][b5f3b474][67f662a4][8a628aa2][9c71fae0][73e1c716][fd6ffe33]
      [aa02c8b8][b411252a][d1a5b479][3b736e56][c7d24b3d][d1fbc0d7][ef942c5c]
      [00256ffb][189ce4f7][6c663f78][dc243d12][dab45fa3][1af29151][5ed668d4]
      [1b5c0820][039dbe49][c48fc1e3][9ecfb483][54a4c8cf][4d33d371][45dfb1bd]
      [ab1784b8][5cd846b2][758500f4][802e8140][e35ac0b4][555f4b00][406ad16b]
      [392213dd][037fab6c][502a6a15][a4423566][9f0b8689][5256102d][a153c729]
      [87feb40a][4cec36b7][56970893][b8330182][8753b0d9][b1167851][57498126]
      [df5fc0e3][e57d8233][ece58501][d442a5ba][4fa4ca52][5c27242b][f4943c9b]
      [c6adc333][cee9f572][0f3c775f][8159ed44][c751668b][d29d3c11][0f8c0d7e]
      [35b87f36][48e87465][5cbd82d3][7235b599][f329c52d][2a233d52][e7d72619]
      [309686a8][f73683f7][0c2c8cf9][9fb5674a][4e79d6b7][5211345d][a15f9f41]
      [75e63ce6][b1aaf338][f6cc5d95][45491ef5][5b80043a][5287d7ea][22795931]
      [25573f0c][1ee6bc46]
    + Convert uses of `if nqp::getcomp('Raku').backend.name eq <...>` to
      `#?if <...>` [f43128bd]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + 91 commits, 142/151 (make test), and 1057/1356 (make spectest) [5c195f12]
      [b4f58fe3][821e056c][c467e04c][d31e99e4][1f02a800][3709aeb2][e5c35555]
      [cdaca915][43fe36fb][ab0a1e12][9d6f2842][33f41e6a][7ce8b6e5][0d1095a0]
      [6507e0cf][06381659][30ff12ec][1f458a0f][e066203d][7ae4c397][e2e7e583]
      [9b90a609][ea84171c][fe279b05][65f349a5][ea0aa21d][ca0d1708][e64145d2]
      [a4b6c401][54854d93][3a70c503][f0d5a942][c6fb210a][1d609daf][9b377fcd]
      [e75c4168][1ccb95d4][c9b75d73][ea0b0d15][aeccbb40][6be6f159][08d439b3]
      [d0ed8cd9][312a5d85][9ca35fb9][69883683][e52a456f][09abf820][3a836f23]
      [c1582285][830727e5][08b77e94][4adf9395][fce6e368][b6d8425d][90cbfde5]
      [f7e50318][cee25a7c][c0f0ad3c][151236e8][c053144a][b213dba7][8f568c66]
      [dd62a30b][1bd789e9][a219c9bc][35cc0d6a][171307e9][5f8c7bbe][de518e47]
      [6c0e2466][9624046c][b6e8f275][7d855c4b][d1cf55cb][54ff30e8][f3b9b8e0]
      [6cf9a5cb][541a9c7d][c9c2197d][d7ded459][76f0278c][326dc12b][dbe698c4]
      [abc1a5f5][604663a3][c118661d][b899592b][eb1069ac][7de82585]

New in 2024.03:

+ Improvements:

+ Additions:

+ Fixes:
    + Add Parameter.of method [586f32cf]
    + Unbreak the JVM build [612dd255][fa853abc][55518662]
    + Unbreak t/harness [9395af5d]

+ Deprecations:

+ Internal:
    * Streamline "core" (bootstrap, core, metamodel) [50fc7284][eea99c2b]
      [704fda60][96c0a5d5][485fc866][a4ac1720][97a0eeab][18989a66][fb7e44fc]
      [bef608a8][4b124a98][1491f822][8e863c81][7dee0530][375393fa][4ee064dc]
      [ec11e06b][8f9ad9a3][8b00ff5b][0b65e78b][3a66dc10][c9ecbda2][48509e00]
      [70b8b229][591792d7][99f52bcd][70be8a09][4581555c][bc8f695e][c283942f]
      [b4a21078][2a3a1f35][b107962c][76030573][14be2dab][3e476241][e294a3e0]
      [3eed834c][43017b21][4d91de6d][01077ad7][1f56f1c6][f73b4ccf][0852efe9]
      [8ee1919d][28a51cfe][008cd24e][1f073f84][9d7a4c26][b83e6fa5][aa1f2274]
      [d8afa16e][08d9ebf6][85e07ec8][b73ed690][d8e9c1cd][c183d282][cf474c92]
      [ae526254][57c92969][a55e7fd0][dce688d4][7ab1bba3][68628fe3][cf46bd5e]
      [20fbb0f1][67c3b662][be990a2e][efeb9d77][b110ebb7][c49e05d8][20376f07]
      [98ca8eb9][6945637f][85b65a9c][fc7c3f47][ccf48ad2][79ad42c7][18abe8c3]
      [adff147e][bafa92a6][72c491f8][2b6cfaa9][e583fa08][ca2f0d1c][621b2c75]
      [53649d4f][8dffcd30][4cdb8a3c][6312d5da]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + Fix INIT blorsts running in wrong scope [237469d2]
    + Treat =place as a directive [b82fa83d]
    + ignore =finish if there is no code [f997c36c]
    + fix declaration after bind in ExpressionThunk [b1b4329b]
    + Replace fallback resolver with compile time lookups in BEGIN time code
      [639f20a2]
    + Fix QAST::Var type of captures [9a983ff4]
    + Add a few missing set_braid_from_self calls to Grammar [4152833b]
    + Support CORE:: compile time lookups [62b89107]
    + Support CORE::v6<[cde]> compile time lookups [8467b84a]
    + fix accessing 6.e PseudoStash at compile time [196fbee6]
    + fix look up of our scoped subs in my scoped packages at compile time
      [3853a0f8]

Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Updated 2024.01 to 2024.02

Rakudo compiler, Release #169 (2024.02)

2024-02-29

On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I?m very happy to announce the
February 2024 release of Rakudo #169. Rakudo is an implementation of the Raku1
language.

The source tarball for this release is available from https://rakudo.org/files/
rakudo. Pre-compiled archives will be available shortly.

New in 2024.02:

  * Improvements:

      + Better errors for common array parameter mistakes [47fb8c35]
      + Improve stability in heavy async situations [761153bc][5c289878]
  * Additions:

      + Add Int/Real coercing versions of infix:<div|mod> [71c0151a]
      + Implement sub form of &trans, mainly to support feed operators
        [b238fad8]
      + Provide native int coercers to Int/Cool [a67842ac][1eaa9d71][dc5414d6]
  * Fixes:

      + Avoid leaking repo.lock handle [155818f4][e6207699][7ca96bbd][a723c387]
  * Deprecations:

  * Internal:

      + Document and/or streamline dispatchers and related [d176728c][78d4fbc0]
        [344f7978][e6fd943f][02bc10c2][ccbe370a][07049e7f][b151e2d7][35760ceb]
      + Streamline "core" (bootstrap, core, metamodel) [51297879][bae06a2c]
        [6117df24][e93208ce][b0dd4ef4][6b231533][024212cd][8e840a51][19da50e3]
        [88151678][975b6634][1dfd7b4b][9f0d361b][80ac4336][760e7a72][eef53371]
        [02aaf9e9][0b759a7a][614571d2][67153138][4c86ef77][dab2c235][c944dae4]
        [2e4113c5][69877047][d49cd4e0][9a828454][de923f1b][1ce9b4c6][3c9f07a8]
        [24a1e67c][4181d461][2c64cbc7][4f64b487][5585454f][cf773dc2][68cd850f]
        [fd936efe][04229899][3c218265][192d7d0a][3271329c][71dcfd42][52dfda3f]
        [b720babd][9f7a3419]
  * RakuAST Development:

      + RakuAST: some nano optimizations [9478d5c7]

	See following page for more info
	https://rakudo.org/post/announce-rakudo-release-2024.02

Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Updated 2023.11 to 2024.01

See:
https://rakudo.org/post/announce-rakudo-release-2024.01

Rakudo compiler, Release #168 (2024.01)

2024-01-16

On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I’m very happy to announce
the January 2024 release of Rakudo #168. Rakudo is an implementation
of the Raku1 language.

The source tarball for this release is available from
https://rakudo.org/files/rakudo. Pre-compiled archives will be
available shortly.

New in 2024.01:

    Improvements:
        Make dd show types better [57bda882]

        Make use of native unsigned integers better performant [c0340fc7]

        Add dispatchers for handling unassigned elements in hashes and
        arrays resulting in better performance in some specific idioms
        [0e2e20a4] [fa4cc823][1ef51856][70d53fb6][79728078]

    Additions:

        New nqp::syscall/register/delegate/track/guard ops as
        shortcuts to otherwise very verbose nqp::dispatch arguments
        [a3645497][2d8839e1]

        Document dispatchers [9b179a55][690c6c01][93f2a8aa][bafa5ad4]
        [f0673003][2aa796fd][ac5c89bb][6ba5ee53][1721f00b][5394496a][5dd90860]
        [e0952486][9a07a6c8][87bcbe6a][b356bbfd][f651e9d6][2e9c0cc1][26ab5c21]
        [4dc737c3][62a67452][93c31ce9][e002a7a8][7456e6dc][b94e98fc][6819b9de]
        [bb384c41][fd5e4da6][f2b09f7e][6f75ed00][808885d7][fc670bb8][8bf824a5]
        [2cfa0768][d6d7d154][45b1025a][6b6548d8][d327d14a][120a06c7][95770d31]
        [f13ba1d0][12db03a5][11734d4f]

    Fixes:
        Handle .extension("foo") on IOs without extension as if \ 
:parts(0) is specified [8cda0bc6]

    Deprecations:
        Deprecate many Distribution::Resource methods \ 
[c83eccfa][cd231798][4d797bbb] [7ac9aeab]
        Deprecate the use of PERL6LIB [47fdc20d]

    Internal:
        Show :auth:ver:api of module loaded (for RAKUDO_MODULE_DEBUG) [91a062d2] \ 
[fcf22b4f]
        Prevent possible recursion in archetypes dispatcher [6b61de2c]
        Move backend tests from runtime to system build time [69b8a24a]
        Use new nqp::syscall/register/delegate ops [becb682e]
        nqp::syscall is Moar specific, so protect it [b8aaffd6]
        Use new nqp::track / nqp::guard ops [13439539]
        Ensure that nqp::track/guard also have their args unboxed [5d377a12]
        Use nqp::track/guard in NativeCall dispatchers [6008a00e]

        Document and/or streamline dispatchers and related
        [9b179a55][690c6c01]
        [93f2a8aa][bafa5ad4][f0673003][2aa796fd][ac5c89bb][6ba5ee53][1721f00b]
        [5394496a][5dd90860][e0952486][9a07a6c8][87bcbe6a][0e2e20a4][b356bbfd]
        [fa4cc823][1ef51856][70d53fb6][79728078][f651e9d6][2e9c0cc1][26ab5c21]
        [4dc737c3][62a67452][93c31ce9][e002a7a8][7456e6dc][b94e98fc][6819b9de]
        [bb384c41][fd5e4da6][f2b09f7e][6f75ed00][808885d7][fc670bb8][8bf824a5]
        [2cfa0768][d6d7d154][45b1025a][6b6548d8][d327d14a][120a06c7][95770d31]
        [f13ba1d0][12db03a5][11734d4f]

    RakuAST Development:

        some work was done on RakuAST development, but the number of
        passing spectest files did not increase this round.

        [1ecff5c5][3b9de763][35484381][54ee127b][5268106d][000ac084][94e58e05]
        [3c7057c0][c389de26][e1fef673][4bfde24c][91c157d2][3f6fff74][bef0a9bf]
        [3c1ad110][4b6f77f4][f5e9b2dc][bdfea0b0][d992bf6a][7ea760a0]

Log message:
(lang/rakudo) Updated 2023.05 to 2023.11

New in 2023.11:

+ Improvements:
    + Don't open handles when calling Distribution.content [9db25993]
    + Use new stat-time-nanos syscall (in IO::Path) [cc15340f]

+ Additions:
    + Add :slang argument to Cool.AST [4707dc5a]
    + Add L10N::PT [d1812ff1]
    + Add "Sonoma" as known MacOS description (for v14 in Distro) \ 
[08b35312]
    + Add Raku.legacy implementation-detail class method [a9da976e]

+ Fixes:
    + Check if requested backtrace is null (fixes jvm bug) [76bfebf5]
    + (Re-)align backtraces on JVM with MoarVM [53a79941]
    + Fix handling of dynamic containers on 6.e PseudoStash [0479e2fd]
    + Make sure that "no actions" really means it (in grammars) [bd2c719e]
    + Replace incorrect CoC report link [2846ea59]
    + Fix some aspects of using "is default" [8b800e02][c0b19bec][4b7a9bf6]
      [d32b729a][c34d60b6]
    + Fix X::Hash::Store::OddNumber message with undefined last element [f29cecfa]
    + Fix a regression where exception is thrown for a generic type [49ddf5fe]

+ Removals:
    + Remove largely unknown flags from installed raku script shims [bdd77290]

+ Internal:
    + Make sure t/13-localization tests are actually run [f3a7c045]
    + Add test for Unicode 15.1 [bd53ad25]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + A lot of work was done on RakuAST development (over 100 commits), raising
      the number of passing spectest files from 975 to 981 (out of 1358).

      [86458273][ed97a478][5567dd45][8b659b55][47585807][711032b0][9b6c660d]
      [b5c9c9b3][fe8123d0][92ed414c][f712bdf8][c0eb6b6f][45b1a26b][bd5a28c9]
      [05a2c26e][d8d79a32][36844606][2b365ac9][9a115ba4][7fcbfd65][60f4b8b9]
      [f1de73e9][790c7ac9][7a3b2bec][3a44581f][090e6f51][6a991a02][06d9773e]
      [f6e7475b][efe05847][63fd90ac][fcde2745][ec8628c5][5e3f8f33][4ef932fd]
      [57ea28d1][e008984a][30b944e7][d6b33aef][a992d305][94caf95a][464ffab3]
      [98f71865][7049370f][f6c41fcc][42f402c9][70b477ba][4b5333bf][33a6bccf]
      [3fea4738][18551ef9][a186dd05][a3baa9df][688b625a][c727c2ae][4a5e0181]
      [9ca11986][0fb3d809][1623e67e][1d626078][6d64ee39][95973945][974c48bb]
      [24fdf40c][d6de1390][89f58733][b689ae07][4d4e2a8a][8e096c24][721906f6]
      [ec57a59f][aff290da][cf3feb58][3d91a34c][b468d243][30697fea][fd99f6dc]
      [12a13c48][92522e89][50b8e191][dc85a994][37fbee11][f53c6505][e8b49542]
      [2f59eeeb][37e8d29f][9438ef1a][ad87284a][d7c64bdb][349ee9c2][d47c8feb]
      [98da5961][d15cec91][356faf99][f2c39412][a3bbb380][b224a091][f20f7eee]
      [41b4a971][16526185][50bd91f0]

New in 2023.10:

+ Improvements:
    + Produce fewer of LTA messages, especially when coercing [8c94fa43]
      [0dfb9959][7a43c125][04a31275]
    + Don't link to docs.raku.org for non-CORE types [6050735e]

+ Fixes:
    + Make sure Rational.raku is correct [54c5682f]
    + Sort input file list for reproducible builds [34eda66c]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + Add a sigilless-variable token to the Raku grammar [7dc21fcf]
    + A lot of work was done on RakuAST development (over 120 commits), raising
      the number of passing spectest files from 953 to 975 (out of 1358).

      [0307ea9a][dfaa8c28][a6ec8dfe][05ba0ef0][89755eb0][75c615c4][e8ac6e03]
      [b58c3203][9b29fdca][92485d66][fbacec38][a9d8b783][d9f2767c][f4ceaf95]
      [95dce3cd][c52d55b3][ffbb53fd][c06027d0][4701845c][86991e14][9be9c24d]
      [c8144167][70885883][21720d90][f261b1ea][6a2e895a][96b35253][c7ffcbe9]
      [76535824][e462889f][6a198f08][bfb8ff77][c90b0393][c5adff6f][adfdef88]
      [66be950f][1f03312c][4ba8870c][5a8ad916][d6695687][2be8be9f][42dc0854]
      [c9dcfe3e][e330d6f1][4d700c5d][f8a2b984][549f03db][6209be81][80b47da5]
      [fb62e729][fad55ca9][d6fc50d6][5d12c329][1eaaded1][daee3985][f63749b8]
      [a4fae404][b13df056][3a98902d][f9fbde70][0d1c4d3a][67816a58][9ee5023c]
      [934f8063][dd24f978][a5d947d9][8bc5bdd5][aa5f512b][dacdebeb][1e5de123]
      [0c5f5ddb][d1952b9e][97c8e4e0][4e1a869a][0c2db5bf][51d80fde][9180ad77]
      [668913d9][d7cb3070][6b598859][bbb57adb][80557f3a][f45297d5][09d87ecb]
      [95d3c30e][e419d930][65b1dbd6][401c11b5][10bf44de][bb43068d][1beee9b7]
      [29e29e90][70362cf4][5fb5480c][301533bb][70b8165c][7626e1ff][d76eb961]
      [0ae02edf][fef0c629][48068a03][bb9496e5][7e66cd2f][495bec9f][1e86903a]
      [b1c2f151][4e0c8ce1][b8b323a1][f452fc3f][babd7a47][59ebf8ce][aa58383e]
      [7660d369][8defd108][55952f67][03592fc6][7b822bd1][ad3b55d6][7a4d0839]
      [be282712][644f5030][b599b57a][92567220][91d07f59][483ff06c][b47da0d9]
      [fa812743][ee062e9d][ca1f20c9][ea1ea2d1]

New in 2023.09:

+ Improvements:
    * Work on 6.e PseudoStash clarification [6f6951c0][5d1198e7][4b9679a9]
      [7d1e8b8b][1b9a434a][f3d97602][9e298840]
    + Make .combinations about 32% faster [f09fa022][695b9dc4]
    + Make .permutations about 20% faster [e41e823c]

+ Additions:
    + Introduce Operator class, subclass of Sub [fc8bf7c0][73d02cc0][70944f73]
    + Introduce X::QuoteWords::Missing::Closer class [b245dcbb][1eb3db77]

+ Fixes:
    + Fix setting operator properties on some operators (束>損 and \ 
束<損 and
      friends) [7f6f2512]
    + Provide a workaround for macOS Security Integrity Protection [402bcb8e]
    + Fix JVM build [1227b407]

+ Removals:
    + Remove Test.is_approx [e958040c]

+ Internal:
    + Use new stat syscalls [e258c2cf][64eb3e17][79784420][56294538][57e658c4]
      [4597e20d][a7f368c8]
    + Remove superfluous "is equiv" [92758cc5]
    + Remove "is equiv", it isn't necessary with OperatorProperties \ 
[50a4f690]
    + Move operator related trait_mods to much later in the setting [3937c862]
    + Handle operator traits with string better [16595e84]
    + Make sure OperatorProperties are set on new 6.e operators [c9eb5953]
    + Remove unused attribute in Iterator [ec207675]
    + Rename all .pm6 files to .rakumod [81d2aa6f]
    + Make X::Worry::P5::LeadingZero exception more readable [a369b57f]
    + Streamline Routine.gist [5ed482e0]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + A lot of work was done on RakuAST development (over 230 commits), raising
      the number of passing spectest files from 938 to 953 (out of 1358).

      [8be7bfe2][e6bc6878][81446212][4a4be8de][76308eb5][c509e758][ce29ccda]
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      [9866e7a1][dba3b448]

New in 2023.08:

+ Improvements:
    + Re-imagine Formatter + Format updates [2cdab744][3e5a3fb6][672999fd]
      [91f221f0][f6762fa3][6eef82f6][85c83ade][ae149fcc][64e4499a]
      [fe788b0a][90ccaeb5][3cf10fdc][2e53c872][5deb9eed]
    + Improve error message on iterating Ranges that can't be iterated
      [4562d708]
    + Improve null regex error message a bit [19191971]
    + Deprecate including an ambiguous .pm module file [4d5f6ff9]
    + Don't mangle with exception backtrace (related to CompUnit) [e1b5fd0b]
    + Respect CUPR.may-precomp() in CURI [41ae15a0]
    + Optimize .min/.max/.minmax/.minpairs/.maxpairs [1579da00]
    + Make reverse/unlink/rmdir complain when called w/o arguments [bfc5af69]
    + Make X::Syntax::Confused more logical [375d04e3]

+ Additions:
    + Add sprintf(Format:D) candidate for now [120d929b]
    + Add format.directives method [474ca30c]
    + Add Format.AST [9ccd3c37]
    + Add support for Version.new("1,2,3-") [73d07b4b]
    + Make v1.2 eqv v1.2.0.0.0 True [d37e6e83]
    + Implement methods `andthen` and `orelse` on Promise [acd8cc45]
    + Add support for RAKUDO_NO_PRECOMPILATION environment variable [6750ab31]
    + Implement .min|max :k :v :kv :p [ec000772]
    + Implement .(min|max)pairs(&by) + (min|max)(&by, :foo) [4645317d]
    + Implement List.sort(&by?, :k) to return result indices [53edf4e4]
      [53794833]
    + Make sure sub versions of min/max handle adverbs [c5cc2675]
    + Make sure sub sort takes named args and passes them on [e0a882f0]
    + Add X::NoZeroArgMeaning exception class [fc11963d]
    + Add sub versions of WHERE WHICH WHO (#5336) [dbde821f]
    + Add HOW/VAR/WHAT/WHO as Mu methods [7bc98ec4]

+ Fixes:
    + Fix syntax error when building on JVM [53440ad7]
    + Backport threadsafe update of quote-lang cache from RakuAST [60a96bb6]
    + Fix thinko introduced in e6c0b5e919 (DateTime) [b58bf6db]
    + Fix stringification of v6.* [8e394fad]
    + Fix version issues when * was involved [824a500b]
    + Make Regex.gist|raku handle absence of $!source properly [924d5341]
    + Fix use of CALLERS/CALLER pseudo stashes [4cedc949][e334eb56][16ae94c5]
    + Fix a coercion in `Range` constructor [b4b77952]
    + Ensure lock is created before NativeCall role is setup [a4a2bbd2]
    + Make $*KERNEL.bits correct on ARM64 processors [5d4bb333]
    + Fix issue with uint64 Bufs and -1 [43473202]
    + Fix signatures in some Code methods [866099aa]

+ Removals:
    + Remove deprecated --nqp-lib option [55537e9b]
    + Remove deprecated Proc.status [91fdd538]

+ Internal:
    + Fix some cases of improper language revision tests [68dbf929]
    + Increase max heap space to 6G for building jvm rakudo [26e7d650]
    + Remove nqp-home/lib and rakudo-home/lib from vm search paths [4a661911]
      [64fef804]
    + Remove unused transcode compiler option [aca81e92]
    + Don't store a Whatever instance in Version, but a type object [1045f1b2]
    + Make Any.iterator-and-first an implementation detail [99a01075]
    + Introduce Range.Inf-Inf implementation detail method [dbb95d1f]
    + Abstract comparator logic [8157c033]
    + Buglet with dd [8144415a]
    + Allow "sorrows" to be specified as "sorries" [c4b68d7f]
    + Use OperatorProperties.new-compat to set %prec [5fb6d836]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + A lot of work was done on RakuAST development (over 150 commits), raising
      the number of passing spectest files from 884 to 938 (out of 1358).

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      [d9085270][37aa0544][18786514][dc078bfd][b1f54e17][2dbcdafd]

New in 2023.06:

+ Improvements:
    + Make unknown method calls on strings mention the string [563addbb]
    + Make sure format is reported with `Formatter` errors [10cc908d]
    + Provide better error message for `my %h = Callable` [65febb98]
    + Make extensions for CURFS configurable [924386f5]
    + Make `.fmt` a multi everywhere [69d570d2][a2d616a0]

+ Additions:
    + Implement `Uni.encode` [e3a74746]
    + Add `X::Temporal::OutOfRange` [83cc6e71]
    + Add `connect-path` and `listen-path` to IO::Socket::Async thereby
      implementing asynchronous Unix socket support (MoarVM only for
      now) [6f9bc5b1][c452fdbf]
    + Introduce the `Format` class in 6.e [ebe0e0b2][f3bb7a2c][5a7a2e5f]
    + Add `.fmt(Format:D)` candidates where appropriate [eceaeeae]

+ Fixes:
    + Fix role typechecking over its parent class [a4201c28]
    + Add one more level of dirs to check for .t fudging [1dc496ad]
    + Precomp Pipeline: Fix building on CentOS 7 [c0a95290]
    + Consider META6.json contents when calculating CURFS id [5ec81cad]
    + Fix copy-pasto in `Capture.Bool` [a2f71d80]

+ Removals:
    + Remove largely unknown / undocumented flags from installed raku
      script shims [73888f45]

+ Internal:
    + Re-commenced work on Formatter class [a54b99b6][67d8dc76][c3df563b]
    + Streamline X::Str::Sprintf::Directives::BadType [40aa1605]
    + Optimize CURFS startup time [77aa79ce][d30ac3e4][655ac635]
    + Optimize internal directory recursion [0ae02284][78d79112][2642bf2d]
      [3fa0fdf7][71240f00]
    + Streamline List.fmt a bit, a few % faster [1617881d]
    + Combine 6.e augments and additions into single files [7d3b9d6b][3d0b3222]
    + Don't need to use _I version of nqp::radix... [efa78db6]
    + Add "rakuast" as key to filter roast on [fa9cd8ef]
    + Make CURFS extensions more idiomatic [6e8339a6][4d077623]

+ RakuAST Development:
    + A lot of work was done on RakuAST development (over 100 commits), raising
      the number of passing spectest files from 825 to 884 (out of 1356).

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