changelog for 4.2

extra/CHANGES.txt

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+2021-02-XX 4.2.0:
+
+	New features:
+
+	all : implemented "classic" abstract classes and functions (see [haxe-evolution#69](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/69)) (#9716)
+	all : module-level static declarations (#8460)
+	all : implemented rest arguments (variadic functions) for all targets with `haxe.Rest` type (#9961)
+	all : per-thread event loops `sys.thread.Thread.events` (#9868)
+	all : added `@:inheritDoc` meta to inherit documentation for a type or field from another type or field (#9817)
+	all : support method overloading for extern methods on all targets (#9793)
+	all : constructors forwarding for abstracts with `@:forward.new` (#9735)
+	all : added `EIs` constructor to `haxe.macro.Expr` (#9689)
+	all : added variance forwarding with `@:forward.variance` (#9741)
+	all : treat `Any` as `Dynamic` in variance unification (#6649)
+	all : added some common exception types to `haxe.exceptions` package
+	all : support metadata in var declaration syntax (#9618)
+	all : added `StringTools.unsafeCharAt` (#9467)
+	eval : added libuv bindings under `eval.luv` package (#9903)
+	eval : added bindings to native `Int64` and `UInt64` implementations under `eval.integers` package (#9903)
+	cs : UDP socket implementation (#8498)
+	cs : added `cs.Syntax` module (#10051)
+	jvm : added `-D jvm.dynamic-level` to control the amount of dynamic support code being generated. 0 = none, 1 = field read/write optimization (default), 2 = compile-time method closures
+	java,jvm : support `--java-lib <directory>` (#9551)
+	python : threading API implementation (#9754)
+
+	General improvements:
+
+	all : `expr is SomeType` doesn't require parentheses anymore (#9672)
+	all : increased priority of @:using extensions (#9681)
+	all : allowed usage of static extensions with super (#10062)
+	all : allow @:noDoc on fields too (#9893)
+	all : made `Map` abstract transitive (#9877)
+	all : support `@:native` on enum constructors (#9806)
+	all : support `@:using` on typedefs (#9749)
+	all : changed multiline errors format to use "..." as a prefix for subsequent lines (#9651)
+	all : improved type inference with constrained monomorphs (#9549)
+	all : print no-argument function types as `()->...` instead of `Void->...` (#8148)
+	all : allow `function` as package name
+	display : narrow range for hover on parametrized types (#8073)
+	cs : added .NET 5.0 support (#10043)
+	cpp : support native constructors on extern classes (#9516)
+	php: `php.Syntax.customArrayDecl` (#9113)
+	php : added externs for various php functions and classes
+	php : optimized anonymous objects instantiation (#7916)
+	hl : skip compilation if no module has been changed (#9922)
+	lua : use hx-lua-simdjson for Lua json parsing (#9885)
+	jvm : less CPU consuming `sys.thread.Lock` implementation
+
+	Bugfixes:
+
+	all : fixed Template.resolve when current context is not an object (#9372)
+	all : `get` and `set` functions of `haxe.io.Float64Array` actually use 64-bit floats now (#9972)
+	all : treat empty blocks `{}` as object declarations in array comprehension (fixes #9971)
+	all : `haxe.format.JsonParser`: preserve Float-typed values when they are written as such in JSON (ie. "5.0" or "0.0") (#9844)
+	all : fixed priority of forwarded static extensions (#9680)
+	all : fixed some inconsistency in variance unification for abstracts (#9743)
+	display : fixed completion with platform-specific files (#9423)
+	cpp : fixed conversion of `cpp.Int64` to/from `haxe.Int64` (#10101)
+	cpp : fixed extending extern classes with `@:nativeGen` classes (#9431)
+	php : fixed generation with subdirectories in `-D php-front=subdir/index.php` (#10037)
+	php : fixed local vars with the same names as super global vars (#9924)
+	eval : allow full range of 32bit integers in `Std.random` (#9974)
+	js : fixed `haxe.CallStack.exceptionStack` (#9968)
+	js : fixed compatibility issue with closure compiler upon unused `catch` vars (#9617)
+	lua : fixed anonymous object printing issue with null fields on tables
+	hl : drop data of terminated threads (#9875)
+	macro : fixed `haxe.macro.Context.storeTypedExpr` for enum constructs (#9828)
+	macro : emit a deprecation warning upon a macro call instead of upon a macro function declaration (#9425)
+	macro : fixed uncatchable error from `haxe.macro.Context.getType` (#9449)
+	jvm : fixed `Type.resolveEnum` for enums in the root package (#9809)
+	jvm : fixed `Type.resolveEnumName` for enums in the root package (#9759)
+	cs : fixed cs.Lib.rethrow (#9738)
+	nullsafety : respect `@:nullSafety(Off)` on var declarations: `var @:nullSafety(Off) v`
+	nullsafety : respect `@:nullSafety(Off)` in closures in constructors (#9643)
+	nullsafety : fixed error "Type not found : haxe.macro._Compiler.NullSafetyMode_Impl_" (#9483)
+
 2020-12-31 4.1.5:
 
 	General improvements: