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Version 0.16.2 released
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This release fixes the most important regressions introduced in 0.16.0. In
particular memory manager and channel bugs have been fixed. The NSIS based
installer is not provided anymore as the Nim website moved to ``https`` and
this causes NSIS downloads to fail.
Changelog
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- ``httpclient.request`` now respects ``maxRedirects`` option. Previously
redirects were handled only by ``get`` and ``post`` procs.
- The IO routines now raise ``EOFError`` for the "end of file" condition.
``EOFError`` is a subtype of ``IOError`` and so it's easier to distinguish
between "error during read" and "error due to EOF".
Library Additions
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Tool Additions
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- The ``finish`` tool can now download MingW for you should it not find a
working MingW installation.
Compiler Additions
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- The name mangling rules used by the C code generator changed. Most of the time
local variables and parameters are not mangled at all anymore. This improves
debugging experience.
- The compiler produces explicit name mangling files when ``--debugger:native``
is enabled. Debuggers can read these ``.ndi`` files in order to improve
debugging Nim code.
Language Additions
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