Announcing Scala.js 1.13.0.

Author: sjrd

_config.yml

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ colors:  #in hex code if not noted else
 
 ### VERSIONS ###
 versions:
-  scalaJS: 1.12.0
+  scalaJS: 1.13.0
   scalaJSBinary: 1
   scalaJS06x: 0.6.33
   scalaJS06xBinary: 0.6

_data/library/versions.yml

@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@
 - 1.7.0
 - 1.8.0
 - 1.11.0
+- 1.12.0
+- 1.13.0

_posts/news/2023-01-26-announcing-scalajs-1.13.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: Announcing Scala.js 1.13.0
+category: news
+tags: [releases]
+permalink: /news/2023/01/26/announcing-scalajs-1.13.0/
+---
+
+
+We are excited to announce the release of Scala.js 1.13.0!
+
+**This release drops support for Scala 2.11.**
+Finally, 5 years after Scala 2.11 was declared end-of-life, we decided to drop support for it in Scala.js.
+We also dropped support for Scala 2.12.1 (Scala 2.12.2+ is still supported, of course).
+
+Other than that, this release brings a number of bug fixes and enhancements.
+Notably:
+
+* Ability to export inner `object`s in Scala classes
+* Checked exceptions for `NullPointerExceptions`s
+* Better optimizations for exported methods and methods in JavaScript classes
+
+Read on for more details.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Getting started
+
+If you are new to Scala.js, head over to [the tutorial]({{ BASE_PATH }}/tutorial/).
+
+If you need help with anything related to Scala.js, you may find our community [in `#scala-js` on Discord](https://discord.com/invite/scala) and [on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/scala.js).
+
+Bug reports can be filed [on GitHub](https://github.com/scala-js/scala-js/issues).
+
+## Release notes
+
+If upgrading from Scala.js 0.6.x, make sure to read [the release notes of Scala.js 1.0.0]({{ BASE_PATH }}/news/2020/02/25/announcing-scalajs-1.0.0/) first, as they contain a host of important information, including breaking changes.
+
+This is a **minor** release:
+
+* It is backward binary compatible with all earlier versions in the 1.x series: libraries compiled with 1.0.x through 1.12.x can be used with 1.13.0 without change.
+* It is *not* forward binary compatible with 1.12.x: libraries compiled with 1.13.0 cannot be used with 1.12.x or earlier.
+* It is *not* entirely backward source compatible: it is not guaranteed that a codebase will compile *as is* when upgrading from 1.12.x (in particular in the presence of `-Xfatal-warnings`).
+
+As a reminder, libraries compiled with 0.6.x cannot be used with Scala.js 1.x; they must be republished with 1.x first.
+
+## Breaking changes
+
+### Drop support for Scala 2.11 and 2.12.1
+
+5 years after the end-of-life of Scala 2.11, Scala.js 1.13.0 drops its support.
+Support for Scala 2.11 has slowly but steadily increased in cost over the year, and we arrived at the issue that broke the proverbial camel's back.
+
+We announced a [request for comments issue](https://github.com/scala-js/scala-js/issues/4759) through all our usual communication channels.
+It gathered by far the highest number of upvotes any Scala.js issue ever received.
+
+Along with it, we dropped support for Scala 2.12.1, as it then remained the only version that does not support trailing commas.
+
+## Enhancements with compatibility concerns
+
+### Checked exceptions for `NullPointerException`
+
+As documented in [the semantics of Scala.js]({{ BASE_PATH }}/doc/semantics.html#undefined-behaviors), `NullPointerExceptions`s are Undefined Behavior in Scala.js, similarly to `ClassCastException`s and `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException`s.
+Since Scala.js 1.12.0 added checks for `ArrayStoreException`s and `NegativeArraySizeException`s, the `NullPointerException`s were the only remaining language-mandated exceptions that did not receive checks.
+
+Scala.js 1.13.0 fills that gap, and now checks `NullPointerException`s in development (fastLink) mode.
+As other undefined behavior errors, they will be reported as `UndefinedBehaviorError`s in fastLink mode, and unchecked in fullLink mode.
+
+These additional checks can and will slow down fastLink-generated code.
+Benchmarks show slowdowns of anywhere between 0% and 17%.
+As a reminder, we expect production code to be generated with `fullLinkJS`.
+fullLink-generated code is not affected by the checks and therefore not subject to this performance hit.
+
+In some rare situations, this may turn code that appeared to work into actively throwing an exception.
+
+Like other checked behaviors, it is now possible to configure the linker so that these exceptions are *compliant*.
+In that case, they will be thrown as specified for the JVM, in both fastLink and fullLink.
+You may enable them with the following sbt settings:
+
+{% highlight scala %}
+scalaJSLinkerConfig ~= {
+  import org.scalajs.linker.interface.CheckedBehavior
+  _.withSemantics(_
+    .withNullPointers(CheckedBehavior.Compliant)
+  )
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This may have significant performance impact in fullLink, like other compliant behaviors.
+
+## Improvements
+
+### Export inner `object`s in Scala classes
+
+Scala.js 1.13.0 allows to use `@JSExport` on `object`s that are members of Scala classes.
+For example:
+
+{% highlight scala %}
+class Container {
+  @JSExport
+  object MemberObject
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+For backward compatibility, adding `@JSExportAll` on the container class does *not* automatically export its `object` members.
+They must be individually exported with `@JSExport`.
+
+### New JDK APIs
+
+This release adds support for the following JDK classes and methods:
+
+* `java.util.TreeMap`
+* `java.nio.charset.Charset.availableCharsets()`
+* Default and static methods of `java.util.Comparator`
+* `java.util.concurrent.Flow`
+* `java.math.BigInteger.intValueExact()` and `longValueExact()`
+* Missing methods of `java.io.InputStream` and `java.io.OutputStream`
+
+### Optimizations for exported methods and methods of JavaScript classes
+
+Before Scala.js 1.13.0, `@JSExport`ed methods and methods within JavaScript classes (that extend `js.Any`) were not processed by our optimizer.
+This is now the case.
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+The following bugs have been fixed in 1.13.0:
+
+* [#4784](https://github.com/scala-js/scala-js/issues/4784) SyntaxError on regex with an optional negative lookahead (only on JS)
+* [#4794](https://github.com/scala-js/scala-js/issues/4794) The output of the compiler/linker is not stable
+
+You can find the full list [on GitHub](https://github.com/scala-js/scala-js/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3Av1.13.0+is%3Aclosed).

assets/badges/scalajs-1.13.0.svg

@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ title: All previous versions of the Scala.js API
 
 ## All previous versions of the API
 
+### Scala.js 1.13.0
+* [1.13.0 scalajs-library]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-library/1.13.0/scala/scalajs/js/index.html)
+* [1.13.0 scalajs-test-interface]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-test-interface/1.13.0/)
+* [1.13.0 scalajs-javalib-intf]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-javalib-intf/1.13.0/)
+* [1.13.0 scalajs-ir]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-ir/1.13.0/org/scalajs/ir/index.html)
+* [1.13.0 scalajs-linker-interface]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-linker-interface/1.13.0/org/scalajs/linker/interface/index.html) ([Scala.js version]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-linker-interface-js/1.13.0/org/scalajs/linker/interface/index.html))
+* [1.13.0 scalajs-linker]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-linker/1.13.0/org/scalajs/linker/index.html) ([Scala.js version]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-linker-js/1.13.0/org/scalajs/linker/index.html))
+* [1.13.0 scalajs-test-adapter]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-sbt-test-adapter/1.13.0/org/scalajs/testing/adapter/index.html)
+* [1.13.0 sbt-scalajs]({{ site.production_url }}/api/sbt-scalajs/1.13.0/#org.scalajs.sbtplugin.package)
+
 ### Scala.js 1.12.0
 * [1.12.0 scalajs-library]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-library/1.12.0/scala/scalajs/js/index.html)
 * [1.12.0 scalajs-test-interface]({{ site.production_url }}/api/scalajs-test-interface/1.12.0/)

doc/all-api.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ title: Version history
 
 ## Version history of Scala.js
 
+- [1.13.0](/news/2023/01/26/announcing-scalajs-1.13.0/)
 - [1.12.0](/news/2022/11/23/announcing-scalajs-1.12.0/)
 - [1.11.0](/news/2022/09/15/announcing-scalajs-1.11.0/)
 - [1.10.1](/news/2022/06/25/announcing-scalajs-1.10.1/)

doc/internals/version-history.md

@@ -92,27 +92,23 @@ The JVM is a very well specified environment, which even specifies how some
 bugs are reported as exceptions.
 The relevant exceptions are:
 
-* `NullPointerException`
-* `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException` and `StringIndexOutOfBoundsException`
-* `ClassCastException`
-* `ArrayStoreException`
-* `NegativeArraySizeException`
-* `StackOverflowError` and `OutOfMemoryError`
+* Language errors:
+  * `NullPointerException`
+  * `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException` and `StringIndexOutOfBoundsException`
+  * `ClassCastException`
+  * `ArrayStoreException`
+  * `NegativeArraySizeException`
+* System errors:
+  * `StackOverflowError` and `OutOfMemoryError`
 
 Because Scala.js does not receive VM support to detect such erroneous
 conditions, checking them is typically too expensive.
 
 Therefore, all of these are considered
 [undefined behavior](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined_behavior).
 
-Some of these, however, can be configured to be compliant with the JVM specification using sbt settings.
-Currently, they are:
-
-* `ClassCastException` (thrown by invalid `asInstanceOf` calls)
-* `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException` (thrown by array indexing)
-* `StringIndexOutOfBoundsException` (thrown by string indexing)
-
-The list will probably expand in future versions.
+Language errors, however, can be configured to be compliant with the JVM specification using sbt settings.
+System errors are not handled by Scala.js, which inherits their behavior from the host JavaScript engine.
 
 Every configurable undefined behavior has 3 possible modes: