From 1951deca2f7549a4b1c0be8b12381f1ba62b64ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amit Murthy Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:10:57 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update NEWS.md w.r.t. removal of localize_vars [ci skip] Changes related to PR #19594 --- NEWS.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 92fbf9b2d0a40..bae70227e14b8 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -214,6 +214,15 @@ This section lists changes that do not have deprecation warnings. * `write` on an `IOBuffer` now returns a signed integer in order to be consistent with other buffers ([#20609]). + * `@async`, `@spawn`, `@spawnat`, `@fetch` and `@fetchfrom` no longer implicitly + localize variables. Previously, the expression would be wrapped in an implicit + `let` block ([#19594]). + + * Closures shipped for remote execution via `@spawn` or `remotecall` now automatically + serialize globals defined under Main. For details, please refer to the paragraph + on "Global variables" under the "Parallel computing" chapter in the manual ([#19594]). + + Library improvements --------------------