[Racket announcement] Racket v5.0.2

Racket version 5.0.2 is now available from

  http://racket-lang.org/

* Typed Racket's optimizer is now turned on by default; error
  messages have been simplified and clarified.

* Contracts: contracts on mutable containers allow functions or
  other higher order values, and contracts are checked when updating
  or dereferencing the containers.  The new contracts are slower
  than the old ones, so the old check-once functionality is still
  available.

  A new dependent function contract combinator, `->i', properly
  assigns blame for contracts that violate themselves and the
  generated wrappers are more efficient than `->d'.  (Although it
  does more checking so your contracts may be faster or slower).

  See the docs for `box/c', `hash/c', `vector/c', `vectorof' and
  `->i' for more details.

* The `when', `unless', `cond', `case', and `match' forms (in
  `racket/base' and derived languages) now allow immediate internal
  definitions.

* Web server: the formlets library provides more HTML form elements;
  `make-xexpr-response' supports a preamble for DTD declarations;
  `serve/servlet' supports stateless servlets.

* New WebSocket implementation, see `net/websocket' for details.

* The new `data' collection contains implementations of several data
  structures, including growable vectors and order-based
  dictionaries.

* `racket/match' is now significantly faster

* The Racket documentations are built in parallel by default.

* The stepper is now compatible with programs using the Universe
  teachpack.

* `2htdp/image': pinholes are now supported in the library (if you
  don't use pinhole primitives you will not see them); a number of
  new triangle functions added; supports conversion of images to
  color lists and back.  Also, cropping has been improved for
  scenes; see the documentation section on the nitty-gritty of
  pixels for details.

* Signatures have been moved to ASL, BSL, BSL+, ISL, and ISL+ (HtDP
  teaching languages) no longer support checked signatures.

* Student languages: one-armed `check-error' in all levels; ASL is
  extended with hash operations, and `define-datatype'.

* DMdA languages: Checking for parametric signatures is now eager.
  This catches errors earlier, but retains the asymptotic complexity
  properties; signatures for record types now have generators;
  `list-of' and `any' signatures are now provided.

[Note that mirror sites can take a while to catch up with the new
downloads.]

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