[gjs] Created tag 1.71.1

[Philip Chimento <pchimento src gnome org>]

The unsigned tag '1.71.1' was created.

Tagger: Philip Chimento <philip chimento gmail com>
Date: 1644803110 -0800

    Version 1.71.1
    
    - New JavaScript features! This version of GJS is based on SpiderMonkey
      91, an upgrade from the previous ESR (Extended Support Release) of
      SpiderMonkey 78.
      Here are the highlights of the new JavaScript features.
      For more information, look them up on MDN or devdocs.io.
    
      * New syntax
        + Private class fields and methods are now supported. They start
          with `#` and are not accessible outside the class in which they are
          defined.
        + The `??=` logical nullish assignment operator, which assigns the
          right-hand side value to the left-hand side variable if the
          variable is null or undefined.
        + The `&&=` logical-and assignment operator, which assigns the
          right-hand side value to the left-hand side variable if the variable is
          truthy.
        + The `||=` logical-or assignment operator, which assigns the
          right-hand side value to the left-hand side variable if the variable is
          falsey.
        + `export * as ... from ...` can be used to aggregate modules.
        + Regular expressions add the `d` flag, which if defined causes the
          resulting match object to have an `indices` property giving the
          positions in the string where capturing and named groups matched.
        + `static { ... }` blocks in classes allow initialization of classes
          at the time of creation of the class.
    
      * New APIs
        + Arrays, strings, and typed arrays have gained the `at()` method,
          which does the same thing as indexing with square brackets but also
          allows negative numbers, which count from the end, as in Python.
        + `Promise.any()`, which is similar to `Promise.race()` but resolves
          on the first successful sub-promise, instead of the first to resolve.
        + `Error()` now takes an options object as its second parameter,
          which may contain a `cause` property. This option is used to indicate when
          an error is caused by another error, but the first error is caught during
          error handling.
        + `WeakRef`, which allows you to hold a reference to an object while
          still allowing it to be garbage collected.
        + `dateStyle`, `timeStyle`, `fractionalSecondDigits`, and
          `dayPeriod` are now accepted as options in `Intl.DateTimeFormat()` and
          `Date.prototype.toLocaleString()`.
        + `collation` is now accepted as an option in `Intl.Collator()`.
        + `Intl.DisplayNames` has been added, which allows you to get
          translations of language, region, currency, and script names.
        + `Intl.DateTimeFormat` has gained the `formatRange()` and
          `formatRangeToParts()` methods.
    
      * New behaviour
        + More numbering systems are supported in `Intl.NumberFormat`.
        + Top-level await (https://v8.dev/features/top-level-await) allows
          you to use `await` statements outside of an `async` function in an ES
          module.
        + There are a lot of minor behaviour changes as SpiderMonkey's JS
          implementation conforms ever closer to existing ECMAScript
          standards and adopts new ones. For complete information, read the Firefox
          developer release notes:
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/79#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/80#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/81#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/82#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/83#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/84#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/85#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/86#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/87#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/88#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/89#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/90#JavaScript
          https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/91#JavaScript
    
    - It's now possible to pass BigInt values to GObject-introspected
      functions with 64-bit parameters. This way, you can finally work with large numbers
      that cannot be accurately stored as a JS Number value and pass them
      correctly into C. For example, `GLib.Variant.new_int64(2n ** 62n)`.
    
    - New API: GJS now has a standards-compliant `setTimeout()` and
      `setInterval()`. These can now be used as in web browsers, while still integrating with
      GLib's main loop.
    
    - New API: `Cairo.Context.prototype.textExtents()` which makes the
      `cairo_text_extents()` C function available to JavaScript.
    
    - New overrides: `GLib.MAXINT64_BIGINT`, `GLib.MININT64_BIGINT`, and
      `GLib.MAXUINT64_BIGINT` are BigInt-typed versions of `GLib.MAXINT64`
      etc.
    
    - It's now possible to use a regular `constructor()` in GObject classes
      instead of an `_init()` method.
    
    - It's now possible to use class fields in GObject classes.
    
    - `Gio._promisify()` now tries to guess the name of the finish function,
      if it is omitted.
    
    - It's now possible to monkeypatch methods on the prototype of a GObject
      interface. The most common use case for this is probably promisifying
      methods on `Gio.File`, so you can now do things like
      `Gio._promisify(Gio.File.prototype, 'read_async')` without resorting
      to the `Gio._LocalFilePrototype` workaround.
    
    - GObject interfaces are now enumerable, so you can now do things like
      `Object.keys(Gio.File.prototype)` and get a list of the methods, like
      you can with other GObject types.
    
    - Improvements to the performance of promises, making them more
      predictable under higher load.
    
    - Several performance and type-safety improvements.
    
    - Closed bugs and merge requests:
    
      * [Mainloop 1/3] Add custom GSource for promise queueing [#1, !557,
        Evan Welsh, Marco Trevisan]
      * Upgrade to SpiderMonkey 91 [#413, !632, !687, Evan Welsh, Philip
        Chimento, Chun-wei Fan]
      * Promise rejections from signal handlers are silent [#417, !632,
        Philip Chimento]
      * Add a binding for GObject.Object.new [#48, !664, Evan Welsh, Philip
        Chimento]
      * Object resolve should consider prototypes of GObject interfaces
        [#189, !665, Evan Welsh, Philip Chimento]
      * File corruption on file.replace_contents_async [#192, !665, Evan
        Welsh]
      * Overriding inherited interface vfuncs clobbers base class
        implementation [#89, !671, Evan Welsh]
      * Errors in __init__.js are silenced [#343, !672, Evan Welsh]
      * Allocate structs which contain pointers [!674, Evan Welsh]
      * [Mainloop 3/3] WHATWG Timers [!677, Evan Welsh]
      * [Mainloop 2/3] Implement "implicit" mainloop which only blocks on
        unresolved imports [!678, Evan Welsh]
      * Correctly chain constructor prototypes to enable static inheritance
        [!679, Evan Welsh]
      * Upgrade CI to Fedora 34 [!683, !684, Philip Chimento]
      * Various maintenance [!685, !691, !709, !719, Philip Chimento]
      * doc: Add Junction to applications written in GJS [!688, Sonny Piers]
      * C++ argument cache [!689, Marco Trevisan, Philip Chimento]
      * Gio: Make _promisify to guess the finish function by default [!692,
        Marco Trevisan]
      * Fails to build with Meson 0.60.2 [#446, !694, !705, Jan Beich, Eli
        Schwartz]
      * doc: Add Oh My SVG to standalone applications [!695, Sonny Piers]
      * ci: Ensure forever callbacks do not leak [!698, Evan Welsh]
      * gi: Refactor resolving prototypes in GIWrapperInstance constructors
        [!699, Evan Welsh]
      * Class fields don't work with GObject classes [#331, !700, Evan
        Welsh]
      * gi: Add enumeration hook for Interface prototypes [!701, Evan Welsh]
      * Fix Visual Studio builds on master [!706, Chun-wei Fan]
      * tools: Add iwyu-tool as a binary name for iwyu [!707, Evan Welsh]
      * gi: Allow GObject.Value boxed type in nested contexts [!708, Evan
        Welsh, Philip Chimento]
      * Implemented check for null out-params in some functions in
        context.cpp [!710, Nasah Kuma]
      * Broken links on the doc/Home.md file [#458, !711, Andy Holmes]
      * Accept BigInt values as input for 64-bit parameters to introspected
        functions [!712, Marco Trevisan, Philip Chimento]
      * Enable top-level await [!713, Evan Welsh]
      * modules: Remove double '//' from internal module URIs [!714, Evan
        Welsh]
      * modules: Ensure ImportError is an instance of globalThis.Error
        [!715, Evan Welsh]
      * global: Enable WeakRefs [!716, Evan Welsh]
      * global: Enable static class blocks [!717, Evan Welsh]
      * overrides: Allow users to implement construct-only props with
        getters [!718, Evan Welsh]
      * cairo: Add binding for cairo_text_extents() [!720, Philip Chimento]
      * Non-integer numbers can not be converted to (u)int64 [#459, !721,
        Philip Chimento]
      * Print error cause when logging an error [#454, !722, Philip
        Chimento]
      * GtkCustomSorter callbacks receives undefined params [#460, !723,
        Philip Chimento]

Changes since the last tag '1.70.0':

Andy Holmes (1):
      documentation: Fix broken links in Home.md

Chun-wei Fan (7):
      meson.build: Define __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ for MSVC
      gi/arg.h: Prefix IN/OUT enum entries with ARG_
      arg-cache.cpp: Overload bitwise OR for GjsArgumentFlags
      arg-cache.cpp: Static-cast yet another bitwise OR
      arg-cache.cpp: Drop constexpr for RegisteredType ctor
      README.MSVC.md: Update SpiderMonkey build instructions
      Meson: Define SSIZE_MAX for Visual Studio-style builds

Eli Schwartz (1):
      Revert "build: disable gir install via list to pacify meson >= 0.60.2"

Evan Miller (1):
      arg: Replace gsize with size_t

Evan Welsh (47):
      Don't clear pending exceptions from module init files
      Store interface gtypes on dynamic classes to not clobber vfuncs
      gi: Allow directly allocating structs which contain pointers
      Handle optional out parameters in callbacks
      Correctly chain constructor prototypes to enable static inheritance
      context: Simplify condition
      Convert JS_New usage to JS::Construct
      JSID_* macros have been replaced with a class-based API
      Add CI images for mozjs91.
      gi: Use interface wrapper prototype to define implemented methods
      overrides: Override replace_contents_async in Gio.File
      gi: Use accessors to dynamically fetch prototype properties
      Implement custom GSource to handle promise queueing
      Add test cases for promise and async ordering
      ci: Prevent forever callbacks from leaking
      gi: Refactor resolving prototypes in GIWrapperInstance constructors
      gi: Add enumeration hook for Interface prototypes
      Refactor exit code handling for async exceptions
      Add implicit main loop for dynamic imports
      tools: Add iwyu-tool as a binary name for iwyu
      maint: Prefer Array.isArray rather than instanceof Array
      maint: Remove rule about no arrow functions in describe()
      Implement WHATWG Timers API
      Add override for GObject.new
      meson: Update mozjs to mozjs-91
      js: Update includes for headers split out of JSAPI
      Some Object-related functions have moved to js/Object.h
      JS_GetClass is now JS::GetClass
      Typed array functions expect size_t instead of uint32_t
      Some functions have moved to js/String.h
      Adapt to module API changes for Top Level Await and Import Assertions
      Use new Script private API
      Remove JSPROP_GETTER and JSPROP_SETTER usage
      Update GC API
      Remove JSContext parameter from JS::PrintError
      Adapt to new Maybe-based property descriptor API
      Disable Top Level Await until we support an implicit eventloop
      Add TypeError to Error debugger printer
      doc: Update for SpiderMonkey 91
      global: Enable WeakRef
      modules: Remove double '//' from internal module URIs
      modules: Ensure ImportError is an instance of globalThis.Error
      modules: Enable top-level await for modules
      overrides: Support class fields and references in GObject.registerClass
      global: Enable static class blocks
      overrides:  Allow users to implement construct-only props with getters
      gi: Allow GObject.Value boxed type in nested contexts

Jan Beich (1):
      build: disable gir install via list to pacify meson >= 0.60.2

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (18):
      arg-cache: Remove return value check in GenericIn::in
      function: Use proper type flags on return ffi return value
      function: Add GjsFunctionCallState::last_processed_index()
      function: Use safer access to GjsFunctionCallState elements
      promise: Do not continue running the jobs if promise is cancelled
      Promise: Replace the cancellable (and its source) on reset
      Gio: Make _promisify to guess the finish function by default
      arg-cache: Rewrite it taking advantage of C++ features
      arg: Pass GjsArgumentFlags to all the functions and handle IN + NOTHING
      arg-cache: Remove arg position from generic argument
      arg-cache: Create Return and Instance arguments only if we have one
      arg-cache: Move generic out in function to Positioned, simplify ArrayLengthOut
      arg-cache: Only use one structure for fallback interface types
      arg-cache: Save GType information for RegisteredType
      arg-cache: Only store GType and InfoType in RegisteredType's
      function: Factor out repeated call to Argument::return_type()
      jsapi-util: Add a function to check if a BigInt is out of range
      value: Support converting BigInt to (u)int64 values

Nasah Kuma (1):
      context: check for null out-param

Philip Chimento (111):
      build: Post-release version bump
      build: Post-branch version bump
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/fix-init-errors' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/fix-vfunc-clobberin' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/allocate-nullptrs' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'wip/smcv/installed-tests' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/callback-out-args' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/chain-static' into 'master'
      CI: Build images using Fedora 34 as the base
      Merge branch 'fedora34-ci' into 'master'
      CI: Remove false positives from IWYU 0.16
      CI: Move thread sanitizer job to manual section
      CI: Pin new image for build_recommended
      Merge branch 'fedora34-ci' into 'master'
      tests: Remove ignored argument
      CI: Remove TASK_ID variable
      context: Fix bad formatting
      jsapi-util: Cast pointer to the correct type when calling ref/free-func
      gjs-private: Remove dead code
      arg: Remove double assignment of variable
      foreign: Remove unused struct member
      object: Combine consecutive if-blocks
      importer: Don't reinitialize search path every time
      objectbox: Rewrite loop using potentially faster std::find_if
      Merge branch 'september-maintenance' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'libatomic' into 'master'
      maint: Rename variables
      Merge branch 'mozjs91-prep' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/interface-resolution' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'sonny-master-patch-33257' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/implicit-mainloop' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'meson-0.60.2' into 'master'
      maint: Use GjsAutoChar::out() for out-pointers
      maint: Always include config.h
      maint: Fix IWYU includes
      CI: ignore warning about pragma once in IWYU
      maint: Don't require lines between single-line class members
      Merge branch 'october-maintenance' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/fix-forever-callbacks' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'sonny-master-patch-81174' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'fix-gcc-12-build' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/refactor-prototype-resolution' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/enumerable-interfaces' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'arg-cache-cpp-1' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'revert-incorrect-meson-fix' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'fix-windows' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/top-level-await-mainloop' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/iwyu-arch' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/whatwg-timers' into 'master'
      Add override for GObject.Object.new_with_properties()
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/gobject-new' into 'master'
      libgjs-private: Mark function as static
      libgjs-private: Export GjsDBusImplementation unexport methods
      doc: Add unexport_from_connection() to Gio module documentation
      arg-cache: Update comment
      context: Clarification in GjsContextPrivate::handle_exit_code()
      object: Add null check for debug assertion
      build: Skip running minimal SpiderMonkey program on cross builds
      maint: Add common build directory names to eslintignore
      object: Don't fetch property descriptor on interface
      object: Fix interface property descriptor flags
      jsapi-util: Remove return value of gjs_log_exception_full()
      jsapi-util: Refactor gjs_log_exception_full()
      jsapi-util: Include column number in SyntaxError output
      debugger: Handle EOF at debugger prompt correctly
      Merge branch 'january-maintenance' into 'master'
      Use new property descriptor API to create complete descriptor
      CI: Build only mozjs91 images
      build: Remove workaround for Meson precompiled headers bug
      context: Remove workaround for coverage bug
      engine: Enable private fields and methods
      closure: Warn about unhandled promise rejections right away
      release: Add release notes for SpiderMonkey 91
      test: Remove workaround for SpiderMonkey GC code coverage
      Merge branch 'mozjs91' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'wip/andyholmes/fix-home-links' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'Nasah-Kuma/fix-outparam-check' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/cleanup-import-uris' into 'master'
      tests: Use GLib.SOURCE_CONTINUE in idle functions
      tests: Rename variables with m_ prefix
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/fix-error-prototype' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/enable-weak-refs' into 'master'
      maint: Suppress cppcheck warning about accessing a variable after moving
      jsapi: Avoid creating unnecessary stringstreams when debug logging
      arg: Remove dead code
      arg: Fix obsolete comment
      arg-cache: Use 3 bits to hold GIScopeType
      arg: Fix marshalling GDK_NONE as GdkAtom argument in
      Merge branch 'january-maintenance' into 'master'
      jsapi-util: Improve BigInt debug functions
      GLib: Add MAXINT64_BIGINT, MININT64_BIGINT, MAXUINT64_BIGINT constants
      Merge branch 'bigint-as-input' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/top-level-await' into 'master'
      release: Copy NEWS from stable branches
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/wrap-es-class' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/construct-only-props' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/enable-static-blocks' into 'master'
      value: Fix regression converting Number to 64-bit int
      value: Fix regression converting Infinity and NaN to C integers
      tests: Add more GValue tests
      Merge branch 'ewlsh/gvalue-arguments' into 'master'
      jsapi-util: Print error cause, if available, when logging error
      jsapi-util: Append cause when calling gjs_throw with exception pending
      Gtk: Add overrides for Gtk.CustomSorter methods
      cairo: Add binding for cairo_text_extents()
      Merge branch '459-bigint-conversion' into 'master'
      Merge branch 'text-extents' into 'master'
      Merge branch '460-gtkcustomsorter' into 'master'
      Merge branch '454-error-cause' into 'master'
      release: Add missing lines from 1.70.1 NEWS
      release: Prepare for 1.71.1

Sergei Trofimovich (1):
      gjs/jsapi-util.cpp: fix build on gcc-12

Simon McVittie (2):
      installed-tests: Install matchers.js
      build: Link with libatomic if necessary

Sonny Piers (2):
      doc: Add Junction to applications written in GJS
      doc: Add Oh My SVG to standalone applications