Merge branch 'devel' into pr_iterator_array_lent

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ body:
         which should give more context on a compiler crash.
       - If it's a regression, you can help us by identifying which version introduced the bug,
         see [Bisecting for regressions](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/intern.html#bisecting-for-regressions),
-        or at least try known past releases (eg `choosenim 1.2.0`).
+        or at least try known past releases (e.g. `choosenim 2.0.0`). The Nim repo also supports online bisecting
+        via making a comment, which contains a code block starting by `!nim c`, `!nim js` etc. , see [nimrun-action](https://github.com/juancarlospaco/nimrun-action).
       - [Please, consider a Donation for the Nim project.](https://nim-lang.org/donate.html)

.github/workflows/bisects.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# See https://github.com/juancarlospaco/nimrun-action/issues/3#issuecomment-1607344901
+name: issue comments bisects
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: created
+
+jobs:
+  bisects:
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '!nim ') && github.event.issue.pull_request == null && github.event.comment.author_association != 'NONE'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+    name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-bisects
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: jiro4989/setup-nim-action@v1
+        with:
+          nim-version: 'devel'
+
+      - uses: juancarlospaco/nimrun-action@nim
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/ci_bench.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60 # refs bug #18178
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         run: nim c -r -d:release ci/action.nim
 
       - name: 'Checkout minimize'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: 'nim-lang/ci_bench'
           path: minimize

.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ name: Nim Docs CI
 on:
   push:
     paths:
-      - 'compiler/docgen.nim'
-      - 'compiler/renderverbatim.nim'
+      - 'compiler/**.nim'
       - 'config/nimdoc.cfg'
       - 'doc/**.rst'
       - 'doc/**.md'
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     # Run only on changes on these files.
     paths:
-      - 'compiler/docgen.nim'
-      - 'compiler/renderverbatim.nim'
+      - 'compiler/**.nim'
       - 'config/nimdoc.cfg'
       - 'doc/**.rst'
       - 'doc/**.md'
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 

.github/workflows/ci_packages.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: ${{ matrix.batch }}
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 

.github/workflows/ci_publish.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 

changelog.md

@@ -8,23 +8,33 @@
 
 [//]: # "Changes:"
 
+- Changed `std/osfiles.copyFile` to allow to specify `bufferSize` instead of a hardcoded one.
+- Changed `std/osfiles.copyFile` to use `POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL` hints for kernel-level aggressive sequential read-aheads.
 
 [//]: # "Additions:"
 
+- Added `newStringUninit` to system, which creates a new string of length `len` like `newString` but with uninitialized content.
+- Added `setLenUninit` to system, which doesn't initalize
+slots when enlarging a sequence.
+- Added `hasDefaultValue` to `std/typetraits` to check if a type has a valid default value.
+- Added Viewport API for the JavaScript targets in the `dom` module.
+
 [//]: # "Deprecations:"
 
+- Deprecates `system.newSeqUninitialized`, which is replaced by `newSeqUninit`.
 
 [//]: # "Removals:"
 
 
 ## Language changes
 
-
+- `noInit` can be used in types and fields to disable member initializers in the C++ backend. 
 
 ## Compiler changes
 
-
-
+- `--nimcache` using a relative path as the argument in a config file is now relative to the config file instead of the current directory.
 
 ## Tool changes
 
+- koch now allows bootstrapping with `-d:nimHasLibFFI`, replacing the older option of building the compiler directly w/ the `libffi` nimble package in tow.
+