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)
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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)
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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]
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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]
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    + 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]
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