4.17-501

CHANGES:

Thu Sep 26 18:48:42 CEST 2024

• merlin binary
  • A new WRAPPING_PREFIX configuration directive that can be used to tell Merlin
    what to append to the current unit name in the presence of wrapping (#1788)
  • Add -unboxed-types and -no-unboxed-types as ocaml ignored flags (#1795, fixes #1794)
  • destruct: Refinement in the presence of optional arguments (#1800 #1807, fixes #1770)
  • Implement new expand-node command for expanding PPX annotations (#1745)
  • Implement new inlay-hints command for adding hints on a sourcetree (#1812)
  • Add signature-help command (#1720)
  • Implement new search-by-type command for searching values by types (#1828)
  • Fix dot-merlin-reader ignoring SOURCE_ROOT and STDLIB directives
    (#1839, #1803)
• editor modes
  • vim: fix python-3.12 syntax warnings in merlin.py (#1798)
  • vim: Dead code / doc removal for previously deleted MerlinPhrase command (#1804)
  • emacs: Improve the way that result of polarity search is displayed (#1814)
  • emacs: Add merlin-search-by-type, merlin-search-by-polarity and change the
    behaviour of merlin-search to switch between by-type or by-polarity
    depending on the query (#1828)

4.17-414

CHANGES:

Thu Sep 26 18:48:42 CEST 2024

• merlin binary
  • A new WRAPPING_PREFIX configuration directive that can be used to tell Merlin
    what to append to the current unit name in the presence of wrapping (#1788)
  • Add -unboxed-types and -no-unboxed-types as ocaml ignored flags (#1795, fixes #1794)
  • destruct: Refinement in the presence of optional arguments (#1800 #1807, fixes #1770)
  • Implement new expand-node command for expanding PPX annotations (#1745)
  • Implement new inlay-hints command for adding hints on a sourcetree (#1812)
  • Add signature-help command (#1720)
  • Implement new search-by-type command for searching values by types (#1828)
  • Fix dot-merlin-reader ignoring SOURCE_ROOT and STDLIB directives
    (#1839, #1803)
• editor modes
  • vim: fix python-3.12 syntax warnings in merlin.py (#1798)
  • vim: Dead code / doc removal for previously deleted MerlinPhrase command (#1804)
  • emacs: Improve the way that result of polarity search is displayed (#1814)
  • emacs: Add merlin-search-by-type, merlin-search-by-polarity and change the
    behaviour of merlin-search to switch between by-type or by-polarity
    depending on the query (#1828)

5.1-502

CHANGES:

Tue Jun 18 12:00:42 CEST 2024

• merlin binary
  • Support project-wide occurrences queries using index files (#1766)
    • The file format is described in library Merlin_lib.index_format
    • Two new configuration directives are introduced:
      • SOURCE_ROOT that is used to resolve relative paths found in the
        indexes.
      • INDEX that is used to declare the list of index files Merlin should
        use when looking for occurrences.
  • A new UNIT_NAME configuration directive that can be used to tell Merlin
    the correct name of the current unit in the presence of wrapping (#1776)
  • Perform incremental indexation of the buffer when typing. (#1777)
  • merlin-lib.commands: Add a find_command_opt`` alternative to find_command` that does not raise (#1778)
  • Prevent uid clashes by not returning PWO for defs located in the current
    interface file (#1781)
  • Reset uid counters when restoring the typer cache so that uids are stable
    across re-typing (#1779)
  • Improve the behavior on occurrences when the cursor is on a label /
    constructor declaration (#1785)
• editor modes
  • emacs: add basic support for project-wide occurrences (#1766)
  • vim: add basic support for project-wide occurrences (#1767, @Julow)

4.16-501

CHANGES:

Mon Jun 10 17:35:42 CEST 2024

• merlin binary
  • Addition of a merlin-lib.commands library which disassociates the
    execution of commands from the new_protocol, from the binary, allowing
    it to be invoked from other projects (#1758)
  • merlin-lib.commands: Add a find_command_opt alternative to
    find_command that does not raise (#1778)

4.16-414

CHANGES:

Mon Jun 10 17:35:42 CEST 2024

• merlin binary
  • Addition of a merlin-lib.commands library which disassociates the
    execution of commands from the new_protocol, from the binary, allowing
    it to be invoked from other projects (#1758)
  • merlin-lib.commands: Add a find_command_opt alternative to
    find_command that does not raise (#1778)

4.15-501

CHANGES:

May May 31 14:02:42 CET 2024

• merlin binary
  • destruct: Removal of residual patterns (#1737, fixes #1560)
  • Do not erase fields' names when destructing punned record fields (#1734,
    fixes #1661)
  • Ignore SIGPIPE in the Merlin server process (#1746)
  • Fix lexing of quoted strings in comments (#1754, fixes #1753)
  • Improve cursor position detection in longidents (#1756)

4.15-414

CHANGES:

Fri May 31 14:02:42 CEST 2024

• merlin binary
  • destruct: Removal of residual patterns (#1737, fixes #1560)
  • Do not erase fields' names when destructing punned record fields (#1734,
    fixes #1661)
  • Ignore SIGPIPE in the Merlin server process (#1746)
  • Fix lexing of quoted strings in comments (#1754, fixes #1753)
  • Improve cursor position detection in longidents (#1756)

5.0-502

CHANGES:

Fri May 17 19:59:42 CET 2024

• merlin binary
  • Support for OCaml 5.2 (#1757)
  • destruct: Removal of residual patterns (#1737, fixes #1560)
  • Do not erase fields' names when destructing punned record fields (#1734,
    fixes #1661)
  • Ignore SIGPIPE in the Merlin server process (#1746)
  • Fix lexing of quoted strings in comments (#1754, fixes #1753)
  • Improve cursor position detection in longidents (#1756)
  • Addition of a merlin-lib.commands library which disassociates the
    execution of commands from the new_protocol, from the binary, allowing
    it to be invoked from other projects (#1758)
  • New occurrences backend: Don't index occurrences when merlin.hide
    attribute is present. (#1768)
  • Use the new uid_to_decl table in 5.2's cmt files to get documentation.
    (#1773)

4.14-502~preview2

CHANGES:

Fri Feb 16 17:31:42 CET 2024

• merlin binary
  • Preliminary support for OCaml 5.2

4.14-501

CHANGES:

Thu Feb 22 14:00:42 CET 2024

• merlin binary
  • Add a "heap_mbytes" field to Merlin server responses to report heap usage (#1717)
  • Add cache stats to telemetry (#1711)
  • Add new SyntaxDocument command to find information about the node under the cursor (#1706)
  • Fix FLG -pp ppx.exe -as-pp/-dump-ast use of invalid shell redirection when
    direct process launch on Windows. (#1723, fixes #1722)
  • Add a query_num field to the ocamlmerlin responses to detect server crashes (#1716)
  • Jump to cases within a match statement (#1726)
  • Jump to module-type (#1728, partially fixes #1656)
  • Exposes stable functions for configuration handling and pattern variable
    destruction. (#1730)
• editor modes
  • vim: load merlin under the ocamlinterface and ocamllex filetypes (#1340)
  • Fix merlinpp not using binary file open (#1725, fixes #1724)