v1.0.0-alpha.1
Pre-release
⚠️ Breaking changes
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Remove support for Node <18 and safe-buffer dependency - by @bjohansebas @Phillip9587 and @TheThing in #265 and #349
Node.js versions prior to 18 are no longer supported. This allows us to remove the safe-buffer dependency and use native Buffer methods available in Node 18 and later.
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Use native TextDecoder for decoding - by @JohnGu9 and @bjohansebas in #316
While this improves compatibility with web standards, some edge cases may behave differently because the implementation of TextDecoder in Node.js or other JavaScript runtimes has issues with the specification.
🚀 Improvements
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Introduce backend abstraction layer to support to Uint8Array buffer implementation - by @ashtuchkin
This paves the way for supporting environments without Node.js Buffer, such as browsers using Uint8Array.
This is a work in progress, so many parts still rely on Buffer internally, but the goal is to eventually have full support for a Uint8Array based implementation. -
Update of the GBK encoding table according to changes in the specification - by @bjohansebas in #371
The GBK encoding table was updated to reflect the latest changes in the Encoding Standard:
- A6D9–A6DF: Assigned 7 vertical presentation punctuation characters (︐︒︑︓︔︕︖) that were previously unmapped
- A6EC–A6ED: Assigned 2 presentation characters (︗︘) that were previously unmapped
- A6F3: Assigned a punctuation character (︙) that was previously unmapped
- FE50: Inserted characters 龴, 龵, 龶, 龷, 龸, 龹 at specific positions in the sequence
- FE80: Inserted characters 龺, 龻 at specific positions in the sequence
Other changes
- Updated test dependencies by @Phillip9587 in #354
- cleanup: remove mergeModules helper function by @Phillip9587 in #353
- chore(test:webpack): upgrade webpack 5 by @bjohansebas in #362
- chore: bring chage of master by @bjohansebas in #380
New Contributors
- @Phillip9587 made their first contribution in #354
- @JohnGu9 made their first contribution in #316
Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v1.0.0-alpha.1
