v0.38.0

Note: This is a re-publish of 0.37.2 under 0.38.0 due to some major breaking changes in the original.

What's Changed

• memcpyopt: Ensure source local isn't clobbered before the new memcpy by @vaivaswatha in #4422
• Fix ref mut parameter checking to apply to all function parameters. by @tritao in #4442
• U256 c fix by @rostyslavtyshko in #4441
• Failure to delete the only element of Vec of length 1 by @rostyslavtyshko in #4445
• chore: deprecate built_pkgs_with_manifest() by @bingcicle in #4447
• refactor: forc-doc- move headers above descriptions and add extra vertical spacing between items by @sarahschwartz in #4433
• refactor: Introduce ForcResult and ForcError to propagate return code with error message by @kayagokalp in #4455
• Refactor TyDecl Enum and Separate Structs for Improved Code Organization by @JoshuaBatty in #4457
• Remove unused locals by @vaivaswatha in #4458
• Implement OR match pattern by @IGI-111 in #4348
• refactor: better error formatting for ForcResult by @kayagokalp in #4460
• LSP: Rewrite TyProgram traversal to use the Parse trait. by @JoshuaBatty in #4467
• Sort forc-doc links alphabetically, add std-lib docs definitions by @sarahschwartz in #4465
• Fix hover docs for self and boolean keywords by @sdankel in #4469
• Switch the Sway sdk-harness tests to use Forc workspaces instead of the bash script build.sh by @mohammadfawaz in #4476
• Bugfix: use the index param in std::tx::tx_witness_pointer by @nfurfaro in #4454
• Adding subsection on address and contract types by @calldelegation in #4479
• fix: forc-doc links sort order by @sarahschwartz in #4475
• fix(fmt): redundant newline insertions in commented code by @bingcicle in #4472
• Implements aliases support in DCA. by @esdrubal in #4337
• Fixes Self not found in match statement. by @esdrubal in #4459
• Improves error message when log is used in predicate. by @esdrubal in #4484
• ci: bump ci to use rust 1.69.0 by @kayagokalp in #4486
• Bump to v0.37.2 by @kayagokalp in #4492
• fix broken installation url, typo by @sarahschwartz in #4488

Breaking Changes (Language)

This release includes some major changes w.r.t. storage access! In particular, take a look at the following:

• Replace old storage API with the new one explained in the StorageKey RFC by @mohammadfawaz in #4464.

New Features

• feat: enable contract calls from unit tests in scripts by @kayagokalp in #4456
• feat: forc contract-id print contract name before printing id for workspaces by @kayagokalp in #4440
• feat: exit with 101 from forc-test if there are failing tests by @kayagokalp in #4463
• feat: workspace level patch table added by @kayagokalp in #4086
• Add the LSP highlighting capability. by @JoshuaBatty in #4434
• Implement associated consts for ABIs by @tritao in #4425

New Contributors

• @calldelegation made their first contribution in #4479

Full Changelog: v0.37.1...v0.38.0